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| Born | Canberra, ACT, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl Frommel is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canberra Raiders in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL).
Biography
Born in Canberra, Frommel has a background in rugby union, but played rugby league with the Queanbeyan Blues for several seasons before joining the Raiders in his late 20s. He was a regarded as a fitness fanatic and had a high tackle rate.[3]
Frommel was Canberra's lock in the club's first ever premiership season in 1982, where he featured in a total of 25 first-grade games. He missed only one round for Canberra that season, which made him the second most capped player of 1982 behind Jon Hardy.[4]
References
- ^ "The two worlds of Carl Frommel". The Canberra Times. 19 June 1982. p. 42. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
- ^ "Who's Who on the Books in '82". The Canberra Times. 5 March 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 8 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "O'Sullivan, McGrath in line-up". The Canberra Times. 27 August 1982. p. 23. Retrieved 8 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Carl Frommel at Rugby League project
This page was last edited on 25 April 2022, at 00:56