Tony Franklin (Australian footballer)

Tony Franklin
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Franklin
Date of birth	(1950-12-18) 18 December 1950
Original team(s)	Penguin
Height/Weight	185 cm / 84 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman/Half forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1974-1975	South Melbourne	32 (11)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1984	Sydney Swans	1 (0-1-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1975 season.

Anthony 'Tony' Franklin (born 18 December 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.

Originally from the Tasmanian club Penguin, Franklin played mostly as a ruckman and half forward in his two seasons at South Melbourne. His career was dogged by recurring hamstring injuries.^[1]

He represented Tasmania at interstate football and won the Lefroy Medal for a performance against Victoria.

After leaving South Melbourne he spent some time in the VFA playing for Sandringham. Franklin rejoined the Swans as a coach, guiding the Reserves team to the 1980 VFL Reserves Grand Final, where they lost by 33 points to Geelong.^[1] When the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, Franklin was appointed chairman of the match committee.^[1]

When Ricky Quade was suddenly admitted to hospital with a bleeding ulcer midway through the 1984 season, Franklin filled in as senior coach for Sydney's round 14 game against Collingwood, which they lost by 31 points.^[2] He later served as their Chairman of Selectors.

References

Tony Franklin's statistics from AFL Tables
Tony Franklin's coaching record at AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

1 2 3 Main, Jim. "Swan Songs - with Tony Franklin". www.sydneyswans.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ Sydney Morning Herald, "Quade's illness leaves Swans in a quandary", 2 July 1984, p. 30

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

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