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Col Donohoe

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Col Donohoe
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Colin Donohoe
Born(1929-08-02)2 August 1929
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died16 June 1986(1986-06-16) (aged 56)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951–53 Eastern Suburbs 44 14 3 0 45
1955–59 South Sydney 85 13 0 0 39
Total 129 27 3 0 84
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1950 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
1952–53 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
1954–56 New South Wales 4 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1953 Eastern Suburbs 20 10 1 9 50
Source: [1][2]

Matthew Colin "Col" Donohoe (1929–1986) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney clubs, playing between 1951 and 1959.[3]

Club career

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Col Donohoe, a half-back, played 4 seasons with the Sydney Roosters in 1949, 1951,1952 and 1953. Donohoe then played 5 seasons at South Sydney Rabbitohs between 1955 and 1959. He is remembered by South's fans as the man who scored a try late in the grand final that won South Sydney Rabbitohs the 1955 Premiership.

Representative career

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Col Donohoe represented NSW Country Firsts on one occasion in 1950. He then represented New South Wales on three occasions in the years 1954 and 1956.

He also played half-back for the Kangaroos, in the Third Test against New Zealand[4] representing Australia for the first time on 2 July 1952.[5] Donohue is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.294.[6]

Col Donohoe died in 1986 following complications during an operation for a hip replacement 47 days short of his 57th birthday.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
  3. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Col Donohoe".
  4. ^ "Donohoe As Five-eighth Shock Move". The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 9 May 1954. p. 36. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "NEWCOMERS AT PRACTICE FOR LEAGUE TEST DEBUT". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 July 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 54
  7. ^ Alan Whiticker, Rugby League Project
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ernie Norman
1950–1952
Coach

Sydney Roosters

1953
Succeeded by