Frank "Dolly" Aked (25 November 1902 – 28 January 1993) was an
Australian rules football
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player. He played with
Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs, being a member of the inaugural team that entered the then
Victorian Football League
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in 1925. He was recruited from
Preston as a ruckman and played mostly in that position for the majority of his career. His son
Frank Aked Jr. also played four games for Footscray in the 1950s. Aked Sr.'s playing measurements were 183 cm and 86 kg, which would definitely not have him playing ruck in the modern era.
Holmesby and Main describe him as a "good mark and wonderful trier". He played one season for
Hawthorn in 1933 before returning to Footscray to coach the reserves, taking them to their first ever finals appearance (being also the club's first in the VFL at any level). He was a trainer with the senior team for many years and was a well-known figure around the club for decades. He was the grandfather of
Richmond
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and
Collingwood player
Allan Edwards, who played the final year of his career with Footscray in 1984.
References
*Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002) ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers'', Crown Content, Melbourne.
External links
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A Guy Called Doll. 1984 article By Mike Ryan, Sunday Press newspaper
1902 births
1993 deaths
Hawthorn Football Club players
Western Bulldogs players
Northern Bullants players
Australian rules footballers from Geelong
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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