Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Francis Edwin Johnson
- Born
- Wednesday, 4th October, 1922
- Died
- Thursday, 4th March, 1993 (Aged 70 years and 151 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
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- Interstate Series
- 1947, 1948, 1950
Biography
South Coast hooker represented Country between 1940-43 while playing for Port Kembla. During the war years Johnson had two seasons with St George but returned to captain-coach Wollongong in 1946. He represented Country again that year, playing in front of a record 52,366 crowd at the SCG, and was also a rep for Southern Districts against Great Britain. Moving back to Sydney to play for Newtown he represented NSW in 1947 and toured with the 1948-49 Kangaroos. Johnson played in just seven minor matches on tour but at club level, later rose to the position of captain-coach in 1952. Although remaining with Newtown as coach, he retired as a player in 1953 but was forced to make a comeback following an injury to experienced leader Col Geelan. Johnson's final game was Newtown's loss to Souths in the 1954 grand final but he went on to become one of the unsung heroes of the code who devoted much of his adult life to the development of the game. Johnson was a member of the NSWRL Coaching panel and replaced Keith Gittoes as Director of Coaching in 1974. He was responsible for developing coaching skills as far as Darwin and Papua New Guinea and was made a Life Member of the NSWRL in 1982. Awarded the OAM Frank Johnson died in 1993, aged 70.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Awarded an OAM in 1982
Coaching Career Statistics
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Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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Preseason Cup | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
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