Francis Carlyle Lamont (9 August 1886 – 22 July 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Frank Lamont | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Francis Carlyle Lamont | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballarat East, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 22 July 1963 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | South Ballarat (BFL) | ||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–12 | Fitzroy | 17 (9) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of John James Lamont (-1918),[2] [3] and Margaret Ann Lamont (1852-1911), née Carr,[4][5] Francis Carlyle Lamont was born at Ballarat East, Victoria on 9 August 1886.
He married Sarah Amelia McDiarmid (1888-1972) in 1908.
Football edit
South Ballarat (BFL) edit
Playing for South Ballarat Football Club in the Ballarat Football League, he was selected in a combined Ballarat League team in June 1910.[6]
Fitzroy (VFL) edit
Cleared from South Ballarat, he made his debut, as one of the seven new players for Fitzroy — i.e., Ernie Everett, Jack Furness, Cliff Hutton, Frank Lamont, Tom Moloughney, Danny Murphy, and Eric Watson[7] — against Melbourne on 29 April 1911: "The maroons have a star in Lamont, the boy from South Ballarat, playing winning [foot]ball throughout" (Melbourne Punch, 4 May 1911).[8]
South Ballarat (BFL) edit
On 5 June 1912, having played in the season's first two matches, he was cleared from Fitzroy back to South Ballarat.[9] In 1915 he was the team's vice-captain.[10][11]
Military service edit
He enlisted in the First AIF on 5 July 1915.[12]
He left Australia on 23 November 1915 on the HMAT Ceramic (A40),[13] served overseas with the 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion, and returned to Australia on the SS Armagh which left Plymouth on 5 April 1919 and arrived in Melbourne on 18 May 1919.[14]
He was discharged on 27 July 1919.
Death edit
He did at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 22 July 1963.[15]
Notes edit
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.497.
- ^ Deaths: Lamont, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 7 October 1918), p.2.
- ^ Obituary, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 7 October 1918), p.6.
- ^ Funeral Notices: Lamont, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 18 February 1911), p.5.
- ^ (News item), The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 18 February 1911), p.4.
- ^ The Ballarats' Visit, The Barrier Miner, (Saturday, 18 June 1910), p.8.
- ^ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.
- ^ 'Raggles', "Football Gossip", (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 4 May 1911), p.39.
- ^ Football: League, The Age, (Thursday, 6 June 1912), p.8.
- ^ Enlisting Footballers, The (Ballarat) Evening Echo,, (Friday, 9 July 1915), p.2.
- ^ War and Football: Ballarat Competition Abandoned, The Horsham Times, (Tuesday, 13 July 1915), p.2.
- ^ Sportsmen Farewelled, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 13 July 1915), p.4.
- ^ Troops embarking at Port Melbourne on A40 HMAT Ceramic, c.1915, photograph in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Home This Morning, The Argus, (Saturday, 10 May 1919), p.19.
- ^ Deaths: Lamont, The Age, (Tuesday, 23 July 1963), p.16.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- World War One Nominal Roll: Private Francis Carlyle Lamont (3821), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Embakation Roll: Private Francis Carlysle (sic) Lamont (3821), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Service Record: Private Francis Carlyle Lamont (3821), National Archives of Australia.
External links edit
- Frank Lamont's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Frank Lamont at AustralianFootball.com
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