Kevin O'Halloran (footballer)

Kevin Frank O'Halloran (17 January 1915 – 6 October 1976)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

For the Irish player born 1994, see Kevin O'Halloran (Gaelic footballer).

Kevin O'Halloran
Personal information
Full name Kevin Frank O'Halloran
Date of birth 17 January 1915
Place of birth Raywood, Victoria
Date of death 6 October 1976(1976-10-06) (aged 61)
Place of death Footscray, Victoria
Original team(s) Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL)
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 St Kilda 07 (18)
1940 South Melbourne 02 0(3)
1941 Footscray 05 0(3)
Total 14 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Simon Patrick O'Halloran (1874-1949), an Barbara Lee Goldsmith (1876-1922), Kevin Francis O'Halloran was born on 17 January 1915.

He married Ida Jean Crawford (1916-1989)in 1940.

His son, Eddie, played with Footscray during the early 1960s.[3]

Football

O'Halloran was a follower, originally from Eaglehawk in the Bendigo Football League. Over the next two seasons he had the unusual distinction of playing for four clubs.

St Kilda (VFL)

He kicked a league equaling record seven goals on his VFL debut, against Footscray at Western Oval.[4]

South Melbourne (VFL)

He was at South Melbourne in 1940.

Yarraville (VFA)

He joined Yarraville in 1940.

Footscray (VFL)

Although he was not cleared from Yarraville, the VFL Permit Committee granted him a permit to play with the VFL team Footscray on 18 June 1941.[5]

Death

He died at his residence in Footscray, Victoria on 6 October 1976.[6]

Notes
  1. "Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. "Kevin O'Halloran - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. "AFL Tables: Kevin OHalloran". afltables.com.
  5. The Argus, "O'Halloran For Footscray", 19 June 1941, p.12.
  6. Deaths: O'Halloran, The Age, (Thursday, 7 October 1976), p.22.
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