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| Full name | Frank Walton Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1925-04-16)16 April 1925 Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 1946(1946-09-28) (aged 21) Featherstone, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.8 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 4 lb (78.0 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Walton Townsend (16 April 1925 – 28 September 1946[2]) was an English professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played forWakefield Trinity as acentre. After signing for Wakefield in January 1945, he made regular appearances during the 1945–1946 and 1946–1947 seasons scoring 13 tries in 39 appearances.[1][3] On 28 September 1946 he was fatally injured in a match againstFeatherstone Rovers atPost Office Road,Featherstone during the1946–47 season.[4] Townsend was injured in a tackle and was helped off the field. He was later taken to hospital, unconscious, where he died of a brain haemorrhage.[4]
His father, Harry "Chick" Townsend, had also played for Wakefield after theFirst World War.[1]