Frank Kennedy
Francis Michael Kennedy was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Michael Francis Kennedy, and Ann Maree Kennedy, née Maher, Francis Michael Kennedy was born at Vervale, Victoria on 31 July 1920.He married Agnes May Stout in 1946.
Football
Kennedy's first contact with the Melbourne Football Club was on 2 April 1940, 1940, when -- described as a "new man" from "Vervale, Gippsland" -- he took part in the team's training.In 1944, he was listed as a "new" player -- from the Melbourne Seconds -- in Melbourne's final training list for the 1944 season, and made his debut for Melbourne's First XVIII against Richmond, at Punt Road, on 6 May 1944, and was considered to be Melbourne's best player.
Kennedy was a reserve in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final team. He came onto the field in the final quarter, and was reported for striking and suspended for four matches.