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Dan Kearney

Dan Kearney

Australian rules footballer

For the Irish hurler, see Daniel Kearney. For the fictional "Dan Kearney and Associates" stories (DKA Files), see Joe Gores.

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]

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