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be the best follower in the League. He was equally good on the centre half-back or centre half-forward lines. … His only blemish as a footballer was a hot temper. That was attributed largely to a disability which he suffered through an accident shortly after his return from
Western Australia. While employed at the brewery he was struck by a falling obstacle and knocked on to a furnace. His back was so badly burnt that for some time afterwards it had to be thickly padded when he played football, and when he received hard knocks on the back he often showed resentment.
332:"Should the permit and umpire committee decide at any time that any player of any club represented on the league should not be permitted to play with such club, the said club, on receiving notice from the secretary, shall discontinue to play such player in its matches until such notice is withdrawn by the permit and umpire committee. Should a club continue to play such player after receiving such notice, it shall be dealt with as the league may think fit."
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There was some uncertainty about whether the VFL could act against Franks in what appeared to be a matter for the law courts, and, if so, what form that action might take. On hearing a wide range of views, and after an hour's deliberation the VFL decided that it did have the power to deal with such a
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Franks was in the unruly crowd on several hundred that gathered outside the Block Arcade, in
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Franks was one of the greatest footballers in
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324:"The league finds that Mr. Franks was guilty of an act contrary to the interests of the league and of football in using insulting language to Umpire Tulloch, and will report this decision to the permit and umpire committee, with a view to its taking action under regulation 12."
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460:"Football fights - Charges against players".
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445:Bert Franks was a True Giant of the Game,
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367:He died on 14 September 1951, in
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758:Bert Franks's playing statistics
613:The League: Permits to Players,
602:, (Thursday, 16 June 1910), p.8.
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185:Albert William "Gunga" Franks
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628:The Football Season,
415:In Memoriam: Franks,
348:North Melbourne (VFA)
252:Usually playing as a
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52:Albert William Franks
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