Con O'Toole explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Con_OToole.html AFL Tables: Con O'Toole
  3. Web site: Vale Con O'Toole. Sportingpulse.
  4. The Argus, "O'Toole will coach Swan Hill", 20 October 1953, p. 13
  5. Web site: Rushworth . Full Points Footy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080605103630/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/rushworth.htm . 5 June 2008 . dmy .
  6. Web site: Rochester. Full Points Footy. 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608015716/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/rochester.htm. 8 June 2011. dead.