A few days ago, my story on Marquette center Harry Froling’s journey from Australia to America came out on the Wire. In the process of reporting this story, I learned a lot of interesting details about Harry and his family — some of which had to be edited out of the final version for space or continuity. Here are a few of those tidbits.
Footy dreams
Despite heavy basketball influence from his family and a professional team in his hometown, Harry still strayed from basketball toward other sports. Jenny didn’t want Harry to play rugby because of the high injury rate, so Harry turned to Australian Rules Football, or “footy,” for his second sport.