He was a talented soccer player as a youngster and also played first grade and district representative cricket in Newcastle.
[1] as New South Wales' Player of Year after captaining NSW to a 4-0 whitewash against Queensland in the interstate series.
At the end of the 1949 season he was selected to lead an Australian side on a ten match tour of New Zealand.
He captained Australia in both Tests of the series to a loss and a win and played in three additional tour matches scoring 2 tries and 11 goals in all.
In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Froome was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.