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Francis Charles Hill (5 March 1914 – 12 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Francis Charles Hill, and Daisy Jane Hill, née Dean, Francis Charles Hill was born at Myrtleford, Victoria on 5 March 1914.

He married Adeline Mavis Garoni (1920-1965), in Myrtelford, on 10 January 1942.

Football

Hill played in Myrtleford's 1936 Ovens & King Football League's premiership win and was runner up in the 1936 O&KFL best and fairest award, the Butler Medal.

Hill shared Myrtleford's senior football best and fairest award with Len Ablett in 1936.

Hill was signed by the Richmond Football Club in August, 1936 and played in the Reserves with them in 1937.

Hill returned and played in Myrtleford's losing 1938 O&KFL grand final team and he finished 4th in the O&KFL Butler Medal, with 12 votes.

Hill then played with Buffalo River Football Club in the Myrtleford Bright Football League in 1939, winning both the club and league best and fairest awards.

Hill enlisted with the Air Force in late 1939 and was playing football with the RAAF in early 1940.

Hill made his debut VFL against St. Kilda in round eight at the Lakeside Oval in 1940 and was their second best player on debut.

Death

He died at Shallow Inlet, Victoria, on 12 December 1976.

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.393.
2. "Wedding Bells: Hill–Garoni", The Mytrleford Times, (14 January 1942), p. 2.
3. "1947 - Myrtleford Premiers". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 2 September 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
4. "1936 - Best and Fairest Player". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 19 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
5. "1936 - Football Trophies". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic). 9 September 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
6. "1936 - Myrtleford Full-back for Richmond". The Argus. 21 August 1936. p. 15. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
7. "1937 - FOOTBALLERS BEGIN TOMORROW". The Herald. 8 March 1937. p. 24. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
8. "1937 - Twenty men from the country". The Argus. 27 March 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
9. "1937 - Richmond prepares". The Argus. 30 March 1937. p. 11. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
10. "1937 - RICHMOND'S TRAINING LIST". The Argus. 20 April 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
11. "1938 - Myrtleford beaten by 21 points". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 21 September 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
12. "O&KFNL - Best & Fairest". O&KFNL. Wangaratta Chronicle. 1938. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
13. "1939 - Buffalo River Footballers' Ball". Trove Newspapers. Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic). 18 October 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
14. "1940 - Frank Hill's promotion fully deserved". The Record. 15 June 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
15. "1940 - Hill (South) at Centre Half Back". The Age. 21 June 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
16. Bruce Andrew (15 June 1940). "1940 - LATE SOUTH RUN". Trove Newspapers. The Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
17. "1940 - Flashes From The Football Fields". Sporting Globe. 15 June 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
18. Deaths: Hill, The Age, (Monday, 13 December 1976), p.19.

References

• 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 Two Nominal Roll: Flight Sergeant Francis Charles Hill (4837), Department of Veterans' Affairs.

External links

• Frank Hill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Hill at AustralianFootball.com

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