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Franklin “Frank” “Skinny” McMillan

Hall of Fame
Team of the Century

HERITAGE No: 201

WESTS LIFE MEMBER No: 12

BIRTH: 14 December 1899
Menindee, NSW
DEATH: 26 December 1966 Taree, NSW
DEATH: 26 December 1966
Taree, NSW

OCCUPATION: Electrician's Assistant, 1930

RESIDENCE: Charles St Granville, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

  • NSW Schools (Soccer) v Queensland Schools (Soccer)
  • Parramatta Endeavour RL 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
  • Western District (Wests) RL President’s Cup 1918, 1919, 1920
  • Wests RL First Grade 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935
  • Balmain RL 1925
  • Wests RL 2nd Grade 1922
  • Wests RL City Cup 1921, 1923, 1924
  • Wests RL v Western Division RL 1927
  • Wests RL v Illawarra RL 1929
  • Wests RL v Newcastle RL 1930
  • Wests RL v NSW Group 9 RL 1932
  • Metropolis RL v Queensland RL Firsts 1922, 1923
  • Metropolis RL v Newcastle RL 1922
  • Metropolis RL v Orange RL 1923
  • Metropolis RL v Country RL Firsts 1927
  • Metropolis RL v New Zealand RL 1930
  • Metropolis RL v England RL 1932
  • NSW RL Firsts v Queensland RL Firsts 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934
  • NSW RL Firsts v Ipswich RL 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930
  • NSW RL Firsts v Tamworth RL 1924
  • NSW RL Firsts v Toowoomba RL 1924, 1927, 1930, 1932
  • NSW RL Firsts v New England RL 1927
  • NSW RL Firsts v Clarence River RL 1929
  • NSW RL Firsts v New Zealand RL 1930
  • NSW RL Firsts v England RL 1932
  • NSW RL Firsts v Brisbane RL Firsts 1932, 1934
  • NSW RL Firsts v Far North Coast RL 1934
  • NSW RL Selection v Queensland RL Firsts 1927
  • Australian RL Possibles v Australian RL Probables 1924
  • Australian RL Probables v Australian RL Possibles 1924
  • City RL Probables v City Possibles RL 1932
  • City RL Possibles v City RL Probables 1933
  • City RL Seconds v Country RL Seconds 1929
  • City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1930, 1933, 1934
  • Kangaroos RL v Rest of Australia RL 1930
  • Australia RL v England RL (Ashes Series) 1929-30, 1932, 1933-34
  • Kangaroos RL Tour 1933-34
  • Kangaroos RL Tour Captain 1933-34
  • Australia RL v Wales RL 1930
  • Wests RL Coach 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945
  • Parramatta RL Coach 1947
  • Westmead RL Coach (June) 1947
  • City RL Seconds Coach 1938
  • Frank McMillan was presented with an Honour Cap at Wests Annual General Meeting in March 1927
  • Wests General Committee 1924, 1927

Frank

Frank McMillan, the son of a Police Inspector, was a Parramatta junior. He was first recorded playing with the Parramatta Endeavour Rugby League Club in 1919 (probably as early as 1917).

Frank was selected in the Western District President’s Cup team in 1920 along with a number of other promising young players. Many of them went on and made their mark with Wests.

Frank’s older brother Cyril Roy McMillan (listed as R McMillan), who was  a prisoner of war in WWI, played in the local League along with a number of other returned servicemen. He too was selected to play in the 1921 Western District President’s Cup team.

Frank McMillan was slightly built which earned him the nick name of “Skinny.” However his physical stature was no impediment.

He soon changed the role of the fullback position by injecting himself into the front line of attack. He also had an accurate long distance kicking game. Frank McMillan became one of the legends of rugby league.

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