Kevin O'Halloran (footballer)
| Kevin O'Halloran | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kevin Frank O'Halloran | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Raywood, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 6 October 1976 (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL) | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939 | St Kilda | 7 (18) | |
| 1940 | South Melbourne | 2 (3) | |
| 1941 | Footscray | 5 (3) | |
| Total | 14 (24) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Kevin Frank O'Halloran (17 January 1915 – 6 October 1976)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
[edit]The son of Simon Patrick O'Halloran (1874-1949), an Barbara Lee Goldsmith (1876-1922), Kevin Francis O'Halloran was born on 17 January 1915.
He married Ida Jean Crawford (1916-1989)in 1940.
His son, Eddie, played with Footscray during the early 1960s.[3]
Football
[edit]O'Halloran was a follower, originally from Eaglehawk in the Bendigo Football League. Over the next two seasons he had the unusual distinction of playing for four clubs.
St Kilda (VFL)
[edit]He kicked a league equaling record seven goals on his VFL debut, against Footscray at Western Oval.[4]
South Melbourne (VFL)
[edit]He was at South Melbourne in 1940.
Yarraville (VFA)
[edit]He joined Yarraville in 1940.
Footscray (VFL)
[edit]Although he was not cleared from Yarraville, the VFL Permit Committee granted him a permit to play with the VFL team Footscray on 18 June 1941.[5]
Death
[edit]He died at his residence in Footscray, Victoria on 6 October 1976.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Kevin O'Halloran - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "AFL Tables: Kevin OHalloran". afltables.com.
- ^ The Argus, "O'Halloran For Footscray", 19 June 1941, p.12.
- ^ Deaths: O'Halloran, The Age, (Thursday, 7 October 1976), p.22.
External links
[edit]- Kevin O'Halloran at The VFA Project.
- Kevin O'Halloran at Boyles Football Photos.
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