Magnus Joseph 'Bill' Frendin (1919-2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Frendin was a lower grade player at St. George who played two first grade games in 1945. With so many players enlisted in World War II, Bill Frendin (who was a police constable at Rockdale, New South Wales) was able to fill in at prop for Bill McRitchie on two occasions.The Sun (Sydney) (2/8/1945) "Policeman replaces McRitchie" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230462537?searchTerm=%22frendin%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194 Bill Frendin was the Superintendent at the St.George Police Citizens Boys Club during his playing days and went on to become a detective in later years.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
Frendin died on 6 May 2014, aged 94 at the Gannon Gardens Nursing Home, Hurstville, New South Wales.Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Death Notice (7/5/2014)
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