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Joe Holligan
Personal information
Full name Joseph Holligan
Date of birth (1886-01-29)29 January 1886
Date of death 21 May 1915(1915-05-21) (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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Shunter Killed by Train". Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1915. p. 3 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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