Frank Whitty

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1905}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

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| name = Frank Whitty

| image =

| fullname = Francis Harold Whitty

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|04|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Corowa, New South Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|10|18|1905|04|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Coburg, Victoria

| originalteam = Daysdale, Coreen, Corowa

| height = 187 cm

| weight = 84 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1929–30

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 11 (11)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Francis Harold Whitty (26 April 1905 – 18 October 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=949}}

A follower who was recruited from New South Wales,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205027838 |title=CLUB NOTES. |newspaper=The Age |issue=23,128 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 May 1929 |page=6}} Whitty played eleven VFL games for Hawthorn before transferring to Camberwell in June 1930{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183731901 |title=The Public Acclaim League and Association Stars |newspaper=Sporting Globe |issue=826 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=25 June 1930 |page=8}} and then moved on to Brighton in 1931.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205823733 |title=ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=The Age |issue=23,728 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=29 April 1931 |page=12}}