Pat Kennedy (footballer, born 1903)

Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy (29 July 1903 – 21 August 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Pat Kennedy
Personal information
Full name Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy
Date of birth (1903-07-29)29 July 1903
Place of birth Cobram, Victoria
Date of death 21 August 1981(1981-08-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Glen Huntly, Victoria
Original team(s) Sth Melbourne CYMS/
University Blacks
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1923–25 Carlton 23 (15)
1925 Hawthorn 03 0(1)
Total 26 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The youngest son of Daniel Joseph Kennedy (1857–1934)[3] and Bridget Teresa Kennedy, née Noonan (1860–1931),[4] Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy was born at Cobram on 29 July 1903.

Football

Kennedy played VFL football while studying engineering at the University of Melbourne. He was cleared to Carlton from Cobram on in July 1923 and he played 23 games for them over the next couple of years.

In June 1925 Kennedy was cleared to Hawthorn[5] where he added three games to his VFL tally before he returned to Carlton, becoming a member of their 1927 Reserve premiership squad.[6]

Kennedy was subsequently cleared to Sandringham in June 1929[7] where he played two games.[8]

Military service

Kennedy later served as a major in the Australian Survey Corps from his enlistment during World War II[9] until July 1958.

Death

Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy died in August 1981 and is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[10]

Notes
  1. For many years this player was believed to be Patrick Adrian Cattanach Kennedy (12 May 1904 – 13 July 1972) but this was amended in AFL official records in April 2018.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "OBITUARY". Cobram Courier. Vol. XXXXVII, no. 5. Victoria, Australia. 1 February 1934. p. 2.
  4. "OBITUARY". Cobram Courier. Vol. XXXXIII, no. 16. Victoria, Australia. 23 April 1931. p. 2.
  5. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 24, 613. Victoria, Australia. 27 June 1925. p. 22.
  6. "SECOND EIGHTEENS". Record. Vol. XXXII, no. 40. Victoria, Australia. 8 October 1927. p. 2.
  7. "THE ASSOCIATION". The Age. No. 23, 133. Victoria, Australia. 30 May 1929. p. 5.
  8. "Only One Team In It". Sporting Globe. No. 717. Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1929. p. 3.
  9. "KENNEDY, Patrick Alphonsus". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  10. "Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy". southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.


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