Joe Holligan
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Joseph Holligan | ||
Date of birth | 29 January 1886 | ||
Date of death | 21 May 1915 | (aged 29)||
Original team(s) | Northcote | ||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Joseph "Joe" Holligan (29 January 1886 – 21 May 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
Holligan worked as a shunter at the Geelong railway yards and was killed in an accident on 21 May 1915 when he was struck by a train.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Shunter Killed by Train". Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1915. p. 3 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
External links
- Joe Holligan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Joe Holligan at AustralianFootball.com