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Dan Kearney

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Dan Kearney
Personal information
Full name Daniel Martin Kearney
Date of birth (1921-05-23)23 May 1921
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 19 August 1984(1984-08-19) (aged 63)
Place of death Clifton Springs, Victoria
Original team(s) St Josephs College
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 Geelong 3 (0)
1942 North Melbourne 3 (0)
Total 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Daniel Martin Kearney (23 May 1921 – 19 August 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The grandson of Geelong (VFA) footballer Daniel Michael "Nasher" Kearney (1864-1925),[2][3][4][5] and the son of Geelong (VFL) footballer James Patrick Kearney (1893-1944),[6][7] and Elizabeth Mary Kearney (1891-1982), née Lang, Daniel Martin Kearney was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 23 May 1921.

He married Catherine Iverson McLean (1919-2009) in 1944.

Death

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He died at the Geelong suburb of Clifton Springs on 19 August 1984.[8]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964/V28801), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX83964: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964), National Archives of Australia.
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