Frank Plant (footballer)

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Frank Plant
Personal information
Full name Michael Francis Plant
Date of birth (1900-09-14)14 September 1900
Place of birth Mosman, New South Wales
Date of death 8 September 1976(1976-09-08) (aged 75)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Wonthaggi
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922 Collingwood 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael Francis Plant (14 September 1900 – 8 September 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[1] and Coburg in the Victorian Football Association.

Plant was a key forward for Coburg during the club's dominant era in the late 1920s. Plant played for Coburg from 1924 until 1931, playing a total of 93 games and kicking 354 goals. He finished as the VFA's leading goalkicker in 1928 with 78 goals,[2] as well as finishing third in the association with tallies of 81 goals in 1927[3] and 74 goals in 1929,[4] and was a member of Coburg's 1926, 1927 and 1928 premiership teams. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2017.[5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 709. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Onlooker (10 September 1928). "Association Final – Coburg successful". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 15.
  3. ^ "The Goalkickers". The Australasian. CXXIII (4110). Melbourne, VIC. 15 October 1927. p. 36.
  4. ^ "The Goalkickers". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 10 October 1929. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Coburg FC Celebrates 125 Year Anniversary!". Coburg Football Club. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

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