Dan Frawley

Dan Frawley

Dan Frawley 1911 Kangaroo Tourist
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Frawley
Born	1882
Died	30 June 1967 Kensington, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–15 Eastern Suburbs 70 54 19 0 200 1909–10 Warrington 19 8 0 0 24 Total 89 62 19 0 224 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–12 City NSW 3 6 0 0 18 1908–14 Australia 7 4 2 0 16

Dan Frawley (1882–1967) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative player. He played his career as a winger with the Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney and is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. A fast and agile winger, with an ability to effortlessly change direction, Frawley was at club and representative levels generally positioned on the outside of rugby league Immortal Dally Messenger, creating a formidable combination. He was a noted speedster who, on the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, was acclaimed as the "100 yards champion" of the squad.

Of Irish parentage, Frawley grew up in the inner Sydney harbourside suburb of Woolloomooloo. He served as a Trooper in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse during the Second Boer War in South Africa. He first experienced rugby union during his time in South Africa and was chosen in a Commonwealth Serviceman's team which competed against a representative Australian side.

In 1908 back in Sydney, Frawley turned to the new professional code and in rugby league's early years he was one of the game's most exciting players. In the 1908 NSWRFL season Frawley played in Easts' first match and was later selected to represent City New South Wales against Queensland. He missed his club's appearance in the final at the end of the season as he had been selected to go on the inaugural Kangaroo tour of 1908-09 playing in two Tests and 22 tour matches. He scored 13 tries on the tour.