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Francis Peter “Frank” “Dargins” Gray

Australia Military Forces

HERITAGE No: 198

BIRTH: 11 August 1895
Tingha (Bundarra), NSW
DEATH: 2 December 1968 Greenacre, NSW
DEATH: 2 December 1968
Greenacre, NSW

OCCUPATION: Motor Mechanic, Motor Cycle Agent

RESIDENCE: Eveleigh St Redfern, NSW, 1916 (Mother's residence); Forest Rd Bexley, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

  • North West Tamworth RU 1912
  • Standards (Tamworth) RU 1913
  • Rebels (Tamworth) RL 1914
  • Tamworth RU 1916
  • Wests RL First Grade 1920
  • Wests RL City Cup 1920
  • St George RL First Grade 1921, 1922,
  • St George RL 2nd Grade 1923, 1924
  • St George RL Trainer 1925
  • St George RL Past Players v St George RL Present Players 1929, (Both Frank Grays played)
  • St George RL Management Committee 1922
  • St George RL Vice President 1929
  • St George RL Selector 1923, 1929
  • Bexley Waratah RL (St George juniors) Coach 1934

Frank

There has been some confusion regarding the true identity of Frank Gray. Wikipedia has a bio which refers to him as Frank Gray, brother of well known Glebe rugby league player Bert Gray. There was a Frank Gray who was a younger brother of the Glebe rugby league player Bert Gray. However, that Frank Gray  was born in 1905 and would be too young to have played for Wests in 1920.

Wests Heritage List recorded player #198 as T. Gray, while the Rugby League Project recorded this player as Frank Gray. David Middleton the noted Rugby League Historian has provided information on this player. He noted that Frank Gray who played for Wests in 1920 and St George, at least in the early 1920’s was not related to the Gray brothers who played with Glebe. However the story of Frank Gray is complicated and it is easy to understand why there is confusion.

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