17 Facts About Dan Frawley

Dan Frawley was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative player.

Dan Frawley played his career as a wing with the Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney and is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.

Dan Frawley served as a Trooper in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse during the Second Boer War in South Africa.

Dan Frawley first experienced rugby union during his time in South Africa and was chosen in a Commonwealth Serviceman's team which competed against a representative Australian side.

In 1908 back in Sydney, Dan Frawley turned to the new professional code and in rugby league's early years he was one of the game's most exciting players.

Dan Frawley played in 19 matches for Warrington club scoring 8 tries.

Dan Frawley played in Easts' first premiership-winning side of NSWRL season 1911.

The dispute saw him miss the first part of the tour, but after eventually being granted a clearance Dan Frawley scored 18 tries in the remaining 12 matches.

Dan Frawley won a second premiership with the Eastern Suburbs club the following year.

Dan Frawley was a member of the first NSW sides to tour New Zealand in 1912 and 1913.

Dan Frawley took out a third consecutive premiership in NSWRL season 1913.

Dan Frawley captained the side in his final season 1914, the year the club won its first City Cup.

Dan Frawley was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1914.

Dan Frawley appeared in an Australian film In the Last Stride.

Dan Frawley was said to be quick-witted and extremely competitive in nature.

Dan Frawley appears to have been one of the game's earliest sledgers.

In February 2008, Dan Frawley was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.