Edward Patrick O'Meara (26 March 1903 – 1 August 1941) 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
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...
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 Cornelius O'Meara (1853-1944), and Mary O'Meara (1866-1940), née O'Sullivan, Edward Patrick O'Meara was born at
Toongabbie, Victoria
Toongabbie is a town located in the City of Latrobe and Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne and just north of Traralgon. The railway station was closed in 1986 and the former railway line has now been incorporated into the Gip ...
26 March 1903.
Football
Recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the
Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).
Death
He died at
East Melbourne, Victoria
East Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government areas of ...
on 1 August 1941.
Missing Friends: Lila Mary O'Meara, ''The Age'', (Friday, 16 January 1942), p.6.
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Edward Patrick O'Meara, at ''findagrave.com''.
1903 births
1941 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Leopold Football Club (MJFA) players
Sydney Swans players
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