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Denis O'Callaghan (born 7 February 1949) is a former
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 Collingwood 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). Recruited from Tiega, O'Callaghan played on the half back flank in the 1970 VFL Grand Final, which Collingwood lost. He was primarily seen in the
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s and appeared in 10 finals during his time at the club. Such was the strength of the team that they made the finals in all but one season O'Callaghan was there, his first. In 1976, O'Callaghan took over from John Dugdale as coach of
Coburg Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...
in the
Victorian Football Association 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 ...
(VFA).''The Age'', "New coach for Coburg", 20 November 1975, p. 29 After just one season as captain-coach, he left Coburg and was replaced by Col Kinnear.


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1949 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Coburg Football Club players Coburg Football Club coaches Living people {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub