William Tanner O'Connor (13 March 1908 – 12 July 1989) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
South Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of John George O'Connor (1853–1916), and Mary Ann O'Connor (1871–1967), née Tanner, William Tanner O'Connor was born in
Fitzroy, Victoria
Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, northeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population ...
on 13 March 1908.
He married Millie Frances Veronica Tanner (1907–2005) in 1937. They had three children.
Football
South Melbourne (VFL)
Recruited from the Middle Park Football Club, O'Connor played one game, on the half-forward flank, for the South Melbourne First XVIII,
against Melbourne, at the MCG, on 27 April 1929.
Military service
O'Connor enlisted in the Second AIF on 12 January 1942, and served during World War II.
Death
He died at the
Royal Melbourne Hospital in
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Merri-bek, M ...
on 12 July 1989.
Deaths: O'Connor, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 13 July 1989), p.22.
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Notes
References
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World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant William Tanner O'Connor (VX69624), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs.''
* B883, VX69624: World War Two Service Record: Sergeant William Tanner O'Connor (VX69624), ''National Archives of Australia''.
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1908 births
1989 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sydney Swans players
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian Army soldiers
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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