Frank Gordon Kirby (22 September 1885 – 20 March 1963) was a teacher, librarian and an Australian rules footballer in Victoria, Australia.
| Frank Kirby | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Frank Gordon Kirby | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 20 March 1963 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Camberwell, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Korumburra / Bendigo | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1908 | University | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Football career edit
Kirby played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] After making a solitary appearance against Fitzroy in University's first VFL season, he commenced his career as a librarian and teacher.
Academic career edit
Kirby worked as a librarian at the Public Library of Victoria.[2] He wrote a report on secondary school libraries in Victoria in 1945, commissioned by the Australian Institute of Librarians (Victorian Branch) and the Australian Council for Educational Research.[2]
He joined the staff of Scotch College in 1920 and was a librarian and teacher there for 35 years until his retirement in 1955. He was passionate about the French language, a member of Alliance Francaise[3] and author of a French language textbook.[4]
He died suddenly in Camberwell in 1963.[5]
Sources edit
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ a b Kirby, Frank Gordon; Australian Institute of Librarians Victorian branch (1945). Libraries in secondary schools; a report on the libraries of secondary schools in Victoria, with suggestions for a post-war plan for school libraries prepared for the Australian institute of librarians (Victorian branch). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. OCLC 1870940.
- ^ Nettlebeck, Colin (1984). "Interview with J. G. Cornell" (PDF). Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Kirby, Frank G (1944). The student's French grammar with exercises : a complete course for intermediate and senior forms. Melbourne : Macmillan & Company Ltd.
- ^ "Funeral of Former College Master". The Age. Melbourne. 22 March 1963. p. 8.
External links edit
- Frank Kirby's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Frank Kirby at AustralianFootball.com
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