Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
Playing career Youngest brother of the famous rugby league footballers: Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth, Roy Farnsworth was also a noted Half-back with Newtown. Roy enlisted in the Australian Army in World War I in 1915,AIF Project: World War One Nominal Roll "Roy Eric Farnsworth" https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=94644 and although he survived the war he did not play for Newtown again.
In 1919 he turned out for Western Suburbs for a few games, before retiring from the NSWRFL.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
Death Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.Sydney Morning Herald 22 JUN 1957 DEATH NOTICE
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