Midget Farrelly

Midget Farrelly: Midget Farrelly

Born Bernard Farrelly
13 September 1944 (1944-09-13) (age 67)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nationality Australian

Occupation surfer

Bernard "Midget" Farrelly (born 13 September 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian world surfing champion.

He was the first Australian to win a major surfing title, the 1963 championships in Makaha, Hawaii. The following year he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship.^[1]

Midget was also the first President , in 1961, of Australia's Oldest Surfboard Riders Club, Dee Why Surfing Fraternity, which still operates under the same name today.^[2]

References

^ Carroll, Nick (2000). "Midget Farrelly profile". Surfline. http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=801. Retrieved 2007-09-13.

^ http://dysf.info/history1.html

External links

Midget Farrelly at the Internet Movie Database

Sporting positions

First World surfing champion
1964 Succeeded by
Felipe Pomar

Persondata

Name Farrelly, Midget

Alternative names Farrelly, Bernard (birth name)

Short description Australian surfer

Date of birth 13 September 1944

Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of death

Place of death

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Midget Farrelly
Born	Bernard Farrelly 13 September 1944 (1944-09-13) (age 67) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	surfer

Persondata
Name	Farrelly, Midget
Alternative names	Farrelly, Bernard (birth name)
Short description	Australian surfer
Date of birth	13 September 1944
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death