Denis "Dinny" Heagney (13 April 1898 – 11 March 1942) 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

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

in the

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). Heagney, in just his fourth league game, was a follower in Geelong's 1925 premiership team. He played in the opening two rounds of the

1926 VFL season The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 May until 9 October, and comprised an 18-gam ...

but didn't appear in any more games for Geelong.AFL Tables: Denis Heagney
/ref> He died on 11 March 1942.'' The Argus'
"Former Footballer's Death"
12 March 1942, p. 4

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* * 1898 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players 1942 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1898-stub