Kevin Frank O'Halloran (17 January 1915 – 6 October 1976) 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
St Kilda,
South Melbourne and
Footscray 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).
Family
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.
Football
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)
He kicked a league equaling record seven goals on his VFL debut, against
Footscray at
Western Oval
Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
.
South Melbourne (VFL)
He was at South Melbourne in 1940.
Yarraville (VFA)
He joined
Yarraville
Yarraville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the .
Yarraville i ...
in 1940.
Footscray (VFL)
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.
Death
He died at his residence in
Footscray, Victoria
Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the .
Footscray ...
on 6 October 1976.
Deaths: O'Halloran, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 7 October 1976), p.22.
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Notes
External links
Kevin O'Halloran
at ''The VFA Project''.
Kevin O'Halloran
at ''Boyles Football Photos''.
1915 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
St Kilda Football Club players
Sydney Swans players
Western Bulldogs players
Eaglehawk Football Club players
Yarraville Football Club players
1976 deaths
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