Con O'Toole | |
Fullname: | Cornelius O'Toole |
Birth Date: | 1930 2, df=yes |
Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Ultima / Tooborac |
Height: | 182 cm |
Weight: | 87 kg |
Statsend: | 1950 |
Years1: | 1950 |
Club1: | Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 4 (0) |
Cornelius "Con" O'Toole (25 February 1930 – 2 April 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
O'Toole, a ruckman from Ultima, was a member of Melbourne's 1949 reserves premiership team. The following year he made four appearances in the seniors and then returned to the Ultima Football Club, as captain-coach.[2] [3]
He spent the 1954 football season with Swan Hill, whom he captain-coached.[4]
In 1955 he made his way to Goulburn Valley Football League club Rushworth and won that year's Morrison Medal while acting as coach.[5]
When his employment with the Victoria Police Force brought him to Rochester he was appointed captain-coach of the town's Bendigo Football League side, the Rochester Tigers. He guided the club to back to back premierships in 1962 and 1963, the former finishing the season undefeated.[6]