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Reg Coyle
Personal information
Full name Reginald Francis Coyle
Date of birth 1 August 1917
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 26 April 1998(1998-04-26) (aged 80)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) South Melbourne City
Debut 1937, South Melbourne vs. Carlton, at Lake Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–1941 South Melbourne (VFL) 53 (1)
1945 South Melbourne (VFL) 9 (2)
1946 Port Melbourne (VFA) 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Francis Coyle (1 August 1917 – 26 April 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in the 1930s and 1940s.

Family

The son of Reginald Charles Coyle (1889–1940),[1] and Ellen Cecilia Coyle (1885–1963), née Sullivan, Reginald Francis Coyle was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 1 August 1917.

He married Annie Veronica Cawley (1918–1989) in 1940. They had six children.

Football

South Melbourne (VFL)

Coyle was recruited from the local club South Melbourne City (he had won the competition's beat and fairest award in 1936),[2] and made his VFL debut for South Melbourne against Carlton at the Lake Oval in Round 12 1937.[3]

A wingman, Coyle had played 53 senior games by the end of the 1941 season, and polled votes in the 1940 and 1941 Brownlow Medal counts.

Second AIF

He enlisted in the Second AIF in 1942,[4] and continued to play football with Army teams during his service.[5] In Queensland, in late June/early July, he was the vice-captain, and one of the team's best players, of a combined Army team (captain Charlie Van Der Bist) that beat a combined RAAF team (captain Allan La Fontaine) 17.14 (116) to 14.11 (95).[6]

South Melbourne (VFL)

On his discharge from the army (in 1945),[7] he played a further nine games in the 1945 season.

Port Melbourne (VFA)

He was cleared from South Melbourne to Port Melbourne in April 1946.[8][9]

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF on 18 July 1942, and had gained the rank of Corporal by the time of his discharge on 28 March 1945.[10]

Death

He died at Heidelberg, Victoria on 26 April 1998.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Deaths: Coyle, The Argus, (Friday, 5 July 1940), p.4.
  2. ^ Association Men at South, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 March 1937), p.12.
  3. ^ AFL Tables.
  4. ^ Taylor, Percy, "Sportsman turn to War, and — Are Proud of Their Uniform: 40 from North", The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.14.
  5. ^ See, for example, Taylor, Percy, "They Work Hard, but Play when they Can: Sportsmen in the Greater Game of War", The Australasian, (Saturday, 26 September 1942), p.12, and de Lacy, H.A., "Football among Servicemen: Airmen Score in Lightning Title, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 2 October 1943), p.2.
  6. ^ Match report and team photographs at: Army beats Air Force in Northern Area, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 3 July 1943), p.2.
  7. ^ "Reg Coyle, who last played in 1941, and is now in the Army, has notified [South Melbourne] officials that he will be on leave shortly, and expected to play a few games": South Train Again, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 March 1945), p.13.
  8. ^ V.F.A. Gains Players: Four from South Melb., The Age, (Wednesday, 10 April 1946), p.7.
  9. ^ League Men Switch, The Age, (Saturday, 13 April 1946), p.10.
  10. ^ Nominal Roll.
  11. ^ Reginald Francis Coyle, at Find a Grave.

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