Dan Kearney

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Dan Kearney
Personal information
Full name Daniel Martin Kearney
Date of birth (1921-05-23)23 May 1921
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 19 August 1984(1984-08-19) (aged 63)
Place of death Clifton Springs, Victoria
Original team(s) St Josephs College
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 Geelong 3 (0)
1942 North Melbourne 3 (0)
Total 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Daniel Martin Kearney (23 May 1921 – 19 August 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The grandson of Geelong (VFA) footballer Daniel Michael "Nasher" Kearney (1864-1925),[2][3][4][5] and the son of Geelong (VFL) footballer James Patrick Kearney (1893-1944),[6][7] and Elizabeth Mary Kearney (1891-1982), née Lang, Daniel Martin Kearney was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 23 May 1921.

He married Catherine Iverson McLean (1919-2009) in 1944.

Death

He died at the Geelong suburb of Clifton Springs on 19 August 1984.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.464.
  2. ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.1.
  3. ^ "Nasher" Kearney: Death of Old-Time Footballer, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.7.
  4. ^ Obituary: Mr. Daniel Kearney, The Advocate, (Thursday, 26 February 1925), p.13.
  5. ^ Walsh, T.P., "Daniel Kearney—Catholic Layman", The Advocate, (Thursday, 9 April 1925), p.20.
  6. ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p.13.
  7. ^ Catholic Items from Victorian Centres: Geelong, The Advocate, (Wednesday, 8 March 1944), p.16.
  8. ^ Daniel Martin Kearney, at Find-a-Grave.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964/V28801), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX83964: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964), National Archives of Australia.

External links

  • Dan Kearney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Dan Kearney at AustralianFootball.com