Francis Joseph O'Rourke (21 January 1906 – 7 March 1978) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Carlton and
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Family
One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868-1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867-1933),
Deaths: O'Rourke, ''The Argus'', (Tuesday, 21 November 1933), p.1.
/ref> Francis Joseph O'Rourke was born in Colac, Victoria on 21 January 1906.
His older brother, Jack O'Rourke, played for St Kilda and Fitzroy.
Notes
External links
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Frank O'Rourke's playing statistics
from The VFA Project
Frank O'Rourke's profile
at Blueseum
1906 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Koroit Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Northern Bullants players
Port Melbourne Football Club players
1978 deaths
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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