Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Frank Donoghue
Personal information
Full name Francis Patrick Donoghue
Date of birth (1904-08-17)17 August 1904
Place of birth Bairnsdale, Victoria
Date of death 31 May 1971(1971-05-31) (aged 66)
Place of death Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) University Blues
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–28 Carlton 51 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946),[2][3][4] and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery,[5][6] Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.

He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933.[7] he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.

Education

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He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.

As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne,[8][9][10] graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.[11][12]

Football

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Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland,[13] he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).[14]

On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.[15]

Medical practice

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In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.[16][17]

Military service

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He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.

Death

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He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.[18]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Service Record: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), National Archives of Australia.
  • School Sports: Gippsland Schools' Meeting, The Weekly Times. (Saturday, 23 October 1920), p.24.
  • More People who live at Leongatha, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 4 October 1950), p.20.
  • O'Brien, Jack, "The Princess is his Best Patient", The Argus, (Monday, 30 July 1956), p.15.
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