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Reg Coyle
Personal information
Full name Reginald Francis Coyle
Date of birth 1 October 1917
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 26 April 1998(1998-04-26) (aged 80)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) South Melbourne City
Debut 1937, South Melbourne vs. Carlton, at Lake Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–1941 South Melbourne (VFL) 53 (1)
1945 South Melbourne (VFL) 9 (2)
1946 Port Melbourne (VFA) 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Francis Coyle (1 October 1917 – 26 April 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in the 1930s and 1940s.

Family

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The son of Reginald Charles Coyle (1889–1940),[1] and Ellen Cecilia Coyle (1885–1963), née Sullivan, Reginald Francis Coyle was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 1 October 1917.

He married Annie Veronica Cawley (1918–1989) in 1940. They had six children.

Football

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South Melbourne (VFL)

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Coyle was recruited from the local club South Melbourne City (he had won the competition's beat and fairest award in 1936),[2] and made his VFL debut for South Melbourne against Carlton at the Lake Oval in Round 12 1937.[3]

A wingman, Coyle had played 53 senior games by the end of the 1941 season, and polled votes in the 1940 and 1941 Brownlow Medal counts.

Second AIF

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He enlisted in the Second AIF in 1942,[4] and continued to play football with Army teams during his service.[5] In Queensland, in late June/early July, he was the vice-captain, and one of the team's best players, of a combined Army team (captain Charlie Van Der Bist) that beat a combined RAAF team (captain Allan La Fontaine) 17.14 (116) to 14.11 (95).[6]

South Melbourne (VFL)

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On his discharge from the army (in 1945),[7] he played a further nine games in the 1945 season.

Port Melbourne (VFA)

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He was cleared from South Melbourne to Port Melbourne in April 1946.[8][9]

Military service

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He enlisted in the Second AIF on 18 July 1942, and had gained the rank of Corporal by the time of his discharge on 28 March 1945.[10]

Death

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He died at Heidelberg, Victoria on 26 April 1998.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ Deaths: Coyle, The Argus, (Friday, 5 July 1940), p.4.
  2. ^ Association Men at South, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 March 1937), p.12.
  3. ^ AFL Tables.
  4. ^ Taylor, Percy, "Sportsman turn to War, and — Are Proud of Their Uniform: 40 from North", The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.14.
  5. ^ See, for example, Taylor, Percy, "They Work Hard, but Play when they Can: Sportsmen in the Greater Game of War", The Australasian, (Saturday, 26 September 1942), p.12, and de Lacy, H.A., "Football among Servicemen: Airmen Score in Lightning Title, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 2 October 1943), p.2.
  6. ^ Match report and team photographs at: Army beats Air Force in Northern Area, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 3 July 1943), p.2.
  7. ^ "Reg Coyle, who last played in 1941, and is now in the Army, has notified [South Melbourne] officials that he will be on leave shortly, and expected to play a few games": South Train Again, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 March 1945), p.13.
  8. ^ V.F.A. Gains Players: Four from South Melb., The Age, (Wednesday, 10 April 1946), p.7.
  9. ^ League Men Switch, The Age, (Saturday, 13 April 1946), p.10.
  10. ^ Nominal Roll.
  11. ^ Reginald Francis Coyle, at Find a Grave.

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