Daniel Thomas Minogue (4 September 1891 – 27 July 1961) was an

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er, who played with three different clubs in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and who was the coach of five different VFL clubs.

Family

The son of Matthew Minogue (1868-1899), and Ellen Minogue (1868-1896), née Madden, Daniel Thomas Minogue was born at

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on 4 September 1891. He married Ann Marion Morrison (1893-1968) on 30 March 1921.

Education

He was educated at the Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo.

Football

Collingwood (VFL)

Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back. On one occasion he sustained a broken collarbone playing for

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then played out the entire match.

Third Divisional team (AIF)

He was the vice-captain of the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.

Richmond (VFL)

Unhappy at Collingwood's treatment of his friend and former teammate,

Jim Sadler Jim Sadler (28 July 1886 – 19 July 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sadler played in 135 games over ten years for Collingwood in the VFL. He was Collingwood's back ...

, during the war, Minogue demanded a transfer to

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on his return from AIF service during

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created ill feeling and he had to stand out of competition for twelve months in order to secure the transfer.

Coach

In addition to playing at three VFL clubs (, , and ) he also coached at five VFL clubs (, , , , and ) a record which () is yet to be equalled.

VFL players' advocate

In August 1947, he was appointed as the official VFL players's advocate; a position he held until his death.

Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in

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, on 27 July 1961.Mr. Dan NNMinogue's Funeral Today, ''The Age'', (Friday, 28 July 1961), p.20.
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Hall of fame

In 1996 Minogue was inducted into the

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Footnotes

References

''Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm'', Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
Minogue, D. & Millard, P.J., "Famous A.I.F. Match in London: Unknown Richmond Lad was the Star", ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 21 August 1937), p.8.
* Richardson, N. (2016), ''The Game of Their Lives'', Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. * * Photograph a
Daniel Thomas Minogue, at ''Discovering Anzacs''.

First World War Embarkation Roll: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.

First World War Nominal Roll: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.

First World War Service Record: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), ''National Archives of Australia''.

External links

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Collingwood Forever Profile

AFL Hall of Fame
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