John Joseph Toohey (1899-1968) was an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s for Glebe in the NSWRL competition.

Background

Toohey was born in

Glebe, New South Wales Glebe is an inner-western suburb of Sydney. Glebe is located southwest of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney, in the Inner West region. Glebe is surrounded by Blackwattle Bay a ...

to parents Patrick and Bridget Ann Toohey, Toohey came through the juniors to make grade for

Glebe Dirty Reds The Glebe Dirty Reds are an Australian rugby league foundation club which played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership, the major competition for the sport in Sydney, from 1908 until their exit at the end of 1929. Th ...

in 1917.

Playing career

He was a long serving player with the Reds playing nine seasons with the club between 1917 and 1928. Toohey did not feature in Glebe's grand final appearance in

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due to injury, although he did captain the club on many occasions. Toohey was a contemporary of the great

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and other great Glebe players from that era. Toohey was also a representative player, playing for

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on three occasions between 1922 and 1926. Toohey died on 19 June 1968, aged 69 at

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.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 20/06/1968

References

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