Frank Caine
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{distinguish|Frank Kane (disambiguation){{!}}Frank Kane}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Frank Caine
| image = Frank Caine 1910.jpg
| caption = Cigarette card of Caine in 1910
| fullname = Francis Albert Caine
| birth_date = 28 July 1881
| birth_place = Murtoa, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|1|19|1881|7|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = South Melbourne, Victoria
| originalteam = Minyip, Lancefield
| debutdate = Round 7, 1905
| debutteam = Carlton
| debutopponent = St Kilda
| debutstadium = Junction Oval
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1914
| years1 = 1905–1909
| games_goals1 = 80 (147)
| years2 = 1910–1911
| club2 = North Melbourne (VFA)
| games_goals2 =
| years3 = 1912–1914
| games_goals3 = 22 {{0}}(33)
| careerhighlights = *1910 VFA premiership
- 1910 Association leading goalkicker
}}
Frank Caine (28 July 1881 – 19 January 1930) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
Football
Caine was recruited from Lancefield{{cite web |title=1930 - Football: Death of Frank Caine |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141425992 |publisher=The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=12 April 2024 |page=26 |date=25 January 1930}} and made his debut for the Carlton Football Club against St Kilda in Round 7 of the 1905 season. He went on to play 80 games and kick 147 goals for the Blues.
In a huge coup for North Melbourne, Caine was poached from Carlton in early 1910 along with ‘Mallee’ Johnson, Fred Jinks, and Charlie Hammond. He helped North to their third VFA premiership in 1910, and also topped the Association's goalkicking standings for that season, kicking a new record of 75 goals (including finals).{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Association Final – Essendon premiers|date=25 September 1911|page=5|author=Old Boy}}
In 1912 Caine moved to Essendon, where he played a further 22 games.
Notes
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References
- {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141425992 |title=DEATH OF FRANK CAINE. |newspaper=The Australasian |date=25 January 1930 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}
External links
- [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Frank+Caine Frank Caine] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]
{{1906 Carlton premiership players}}
{{1907 Carlton premiership players}}
{{1912 Essendon premiership players}}
{{Carlton leading goalkickers}}
{{1910 North Melbourne premiership players}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players
Category:Essendon Football Club players
Category:Essendon Football Club premiership players
Category:North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
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