Vale Frank McGrath

[Silvagnis]

Vale Frank McGrath

RIP.

Melbourne advised Frank to try his luck at Carlton, and at nearly 28 he joined the mighty Blues.

He managed eight senior games as a forward/ruck through the 1945 season, but late in teh season suffered a kick to the leg (by Lou Richards he claimed) and the dye in the sock precipitated a blood infection that confined him to the injury list.

That mongrel Richards doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame with the things he did.

My Dad would tell you Richards used to sink the slipper into the players on the ground after they'd flown for a mark.

When it rained on the Friday night before the '45 Grand Final, Frank was advised that the match committee would be pitching for smaller players and he'd miss out on selection.

Missed out a flag by a bee's diaphragm.

 

[Mentallo]

Vale Frank McGrath

RIP.

That mongrel Richards doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame with the things he did.

My Dad would tell you Richards used to sink the slipper into the players on the ground after they'd flown for a mark.

Missed out a flag by a bee's diaphragm.

What a bizzarre injury!

Richards was a mongrel as a player but that is how the game was played back then, thankfully that has changed now.
Oh yeah and bee has a capital Bee.