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Pat Kennedy (footballer, born 1903)

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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

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]

Kennedy played VFL football while studying engineering at the University of Melbourne and later served as a major in the Australian Survey Corps in World War II. He died in 1981.

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.[1]
  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.