Francis "Frank" Boylen (December 1878 – 3 February 1938), also known by the nickname of "Patsy", was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Durham, and at club level for , , Hartlepool Rovers and West Hartlepool R.F.C., and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull F.C. (two spells, including the second as World War I guest), York and Hull Kingston Rovers as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums,