Midget Farrelly
| Midget Farrelly | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bernard Farrelly 13 September 1944 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]
Farrelly was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.[3]
References
- ↑ Carroll, Nick (2000). "Midget Farrelly profile". Surfline. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ↑ http://www.dysf.com.au/1960.html
- ↑ "Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
External links
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| First | World surfing champion 1964 |
Succeeded by Felipe Pomar |
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