Former Greats - Dan Frawley
Dan Frawley
| Plyr No. |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
Birth Date | Death Date | Games | Tries | Points |
| 5 | 1908 | 1915 | 15/12/1882 | 30/06/1967 | 71 | 54 | 204 |
| Debut Club Game | 20/04/1908 | Round 1, 1908 v Newtown Wentworth Park, Glebe (Age 25) |
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| Final Club Game | 19/06/1915 | Round 6, 1915 v South Sydney Royal Agricultural Showground, Moore Park (Age 32) |
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| Seasons | 8 | 1908 - 1915 | |||||
| Debut Club | One Club Player? | Final Club | |||||
| Sydney Roosters | Yes | Sydney Roosters | |||||
Champion winger of his era, Dan Frawley, a Boer War veteran, was 25 when professional rugby league commenced in Australia and he was one of the players fans came to watch, due to his exceptional pace, agility and the ease in which he could change direction. A foundation Easts player, Frawley is the only Roosters player that represented Australia on both the 1908/09 and 1911/12 Kangaroo tours and was part of the test team that won the Ashes on British soil in 1912, the first (and final time) the Kangaroos would win a series in Great Britain for over fifty years. Brought up in Woolloomooloo, Frawley missed the 1911 Premiership Final due to his Kangaroo commitments but he was an integral part of the 1912 and 1913 premiership winning teams and in 71 premiership career games scored 54 tries. He was the first player in the game to score 50 career first grade tries.
Frawley succeeded Dally Messenger as Roosters captain and led the Roosters to the 1914 City Cup title. Injury meant he missed the 1915 City Cup Final and he retired that season, at age 32. Frawley was named amongst the 100 greatest players of the first century of Australian rugby league and received life membership of the NSWRL in 1912 for the significant role he played as one of Rugby League’s pioneers.
| Representative Honours | ||
| Australia | 10 Tests (Player No. 25) | 1909, 1911 - 1912, 1914 |
| New South Wales | 2 Interstate Games (Player No. 6) | 1911 - 1912 |
| Club Honours |
| 2 Premiership Titles (1912 and 1913) |
| 1 City Cup Title (1914) |
| City Cup Winning Captain (1914) |
| Sydney Roosters Life Member (2025) |
| Roosters Captain (27 games) |
| First Man To Score 25 Roosters First Grade Tries (1911) |
| First Man To Score 50 Roosters First Grade Tries (1914) |
| Roosters (Most First Grade Tries) Record Holder (1910 - 1922) |
| Roosters (Most First Grade Points) Record Holder (1910 - 1911) |
| Roosters Season Top Try Scorer (1912, 1914) |
| Roosters Season Equal Top Try Scorer (1910) |
| Game Honours |
| NRL Hall of Fame Inductee No. 7 (2008) |
| Australian Rugby League's 100 Greatest Players (1908 - 2007) |
| N.S.W.R.L. Life Member (1912) |
| First Man To Score 50 First Grade Tries (1914) |
| First Grade Tries Record Holder (1911 - 1911, 1912 - 1916) |
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