{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Frank Bateman | image = | full_name = James Frank Bateman | birth_date = 6 June 1924 | birth_place = Korumburra, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|8|5|1924|6|6|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Leongatha, Victoria | height = 183 cm | weight = 86 kg | position = | statsend = 1954 | years1 = 1949–1950 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 16 (13) | years2 = 1952–1954 | club2 = Preston (VFA) | games_goals2 = 37 (21) | careerhighlights = }}
'''James Frank Bateman''' (6 June 1924 – 5 August 1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/frank%2Bbateman/7781|title=Frank Bateman - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=19 November 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
==Personal life== Bateman served as a private in the Australian Army during the Second World War.<ref name="Nominals">{{Cite web |title=World War Two Service |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=660941&c=WW2#R |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AustralianFootball}} *{{AFL Tables}} *[http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Bateman,_Frank.php Frank Bateman's playing statistics] from The VFA Project *[https://blueseum.org/Frank_Bateman Frank Bateman's profile] at Blueseum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Frank}} Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Preston Football Club players Category:Leongatha Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:1924 births Category:1991 deaths Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II Category:Australian Army soldiers Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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