Mick Frawley was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1885, and was an Eastern Suburbs rugby union junior.

A second-row forward, Mick Frawley was a member of Eastern Suburbs' first premiership decider in rugby league's foundation season of 1908.

[2] Frawley served with the 1st Australian Imperial Force in on the Western Front during World War I.

He embarked from Sydney in 1916 on HMAT A15 Star of England as a Sergeant with the 15th reinforcement for the 4th Battalion.

He survived his war service but died of influenza on 16 June 1919 on his return to Sydney aged 33.