Patrick Joseph O'Loughlin (29 October 1873 – 14 August 1956) 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 for the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...

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). In the first year of competition,

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, he became one of the club's and league's first premiership players. O'Loughlin made his VFL debut against in round 1 of the season at

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 w ...

References

External links

O'Loughlin, Pat; Past Player Profiles, Essendon Football Club
* 1873 births 1956 deaths Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club premiership players Brunswick Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne VFL/AFL premiership players People from Heidelberg, Victoria 19th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub