Danny Flaherty (19 March 1873 – 10 October 1901) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Collingwood in the VFA and
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Family
The youngest son of Hugh James Flaherty (-1893), and Bridget Flaherty, née Toohey, Hugh James Flaherty was born at
Sandridge, Victoria (now known as Port Melbourne) on 19 March 1873.
Death
He died (suddenly) of pneumonia at the
Melbourne Hospital
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...
on 10 October 1901.
Deaths: Flaherty, ''THe Age'', (Friday, 11 October 1901), p.1.
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Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)'', Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing.
External links
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Danny Flaherty's profile
at Collingwood Forever
1873 births
1901 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Collingwood Football Club players
Deaths from pneumonia in Australia
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