Frank Plant (footballer)

Michael Francis Plant (14 September 1900 – 8 September 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL)^[1] and Coburg in the Victorian Football Association.

Frank Plant
Personal information
Full name	Michael Francis Plant
Date of birth	(1900-09-14)14 September 1900
Place of birth	Mosman, New South Wales
Date of death	8 September 1976(1976-09-08) (aged 75)
Place of death	Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s)	Wonthaggi
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1922	Collingwood	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Plant was a key forward for Coburg during the club's dominant era in the late 1920s. Plant played for Coburg from 1924 until 1931, playing a total of 93 games and kicking 354 goals. He finished as the VFA's leading goalkicker in 1928 with 78 goals,^[2] as well as finishing third in the association with tallies of 81 goals in 1927^[3] and 74 goals in 1929,^[4] and was a member of Coburg's 1926, 1927 and 1928 premiership teams. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2017.^[5]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 709. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. Onlooker (10 September 1928). "Association Final – Coburg successful". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 15.
3. "The Goalkickers". The Australasian. Vol. CXXIII, no. 4110. Melbourne, VIC. 15 October 1927. p. 36.
4. "The Goalkickers". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 10 October 1929. p. 10.
5. "Coburg FC Celebrates 125 Year Anniversary!". Coburg Football Club. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

External links

• Frank Plant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Plant's profile at Collingwood Forever