Frank Kerr
University
AFL career
40 games10 goals
- Debut
- R1 1909 v CAR1 May 1909
- Most recent
- R17 1913 v SME23 Aug 1913
Stats
Bio
A gifted all-rounder who exemplified the amateur ideal of the University Football Club, Frank Kerr was as distinguished for his academic and athletic versatility as he was for his on-field efforts. Earning a rare Triple Blue in cricket, football, and athletics, Kerr played 40 games for the Students between 1909 and 1913, utilising his elite fitness and mobility to compete against hardened VFL opponents. His football career effectively concluded when he was selected as the Victorian Rhodes Scholar for 1913, a prestigious honour that preceded his enlistment in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. Kerr’s legacy extends well beyond the boundary line; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for gallantry after crawling under heavy fire to rescue wounded soldiers at Givenchy, eventually returning to Australia to serve as the Commonwealth Medical Officer.
Profile
- Born
- 05 Apr 1889
- Died
- 03 May 1977 (aged 88y 28d)
- Birthplace
- Hawthorn, VIC
- Deathplace
- Kew, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA gifted all-rounder who exemplified the amateur ideal of the University Football Club, Frank Kerr was as distinguished for his academic and athletic versatility as he was for his on-field efforts. Earning a rare Triple Blue in cricket, football, and athletics, Kerr played 40 games for the Students between 1909 and 1913, utilising his elite fitness and mobility to compete against hardened VFL opponents. His football career effectively concluded when he was selected as the Victorian Rhodes Scholar for 1913, a prestigious honour that preceded his enlistment in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. Kerr’s legacy extends well beyond the boundary line; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for gallantry after crawling under heavy fire to rescue wounded soldiers at Givenchy, eventually returning to Australia to serve as the Commonwealth Medical Officer.