Dan Moriarty (footballer, born 1875)
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Daniel Patrick Moriarty | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1875 | ||
Date of death | 26 August 1903 | (aged 28)||
Place of death | Jolimont | ||
Original team(s) | Fitzroy Juniors | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1894–96 | Fitzroy (VFA) | 30 (1) | |
1897 | Fitzroy | 12 (2) | |
1899–1903 | Melbourne | 62 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Daniel Patrick Moriarty (18 August 1875 – 26 August 1903) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Moriarty was killed by a freight train near Jolimont railway station in August 1903, eight days after his 28th birthday. The coroner's inquest determined that he probably died whilst suffering an epileptic fit.[2]
Sources
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 629. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Jolimont railway fatality". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1903. p. 19.
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