Dan Kearney Explained

Dan Kearney
Fullname:	Daniel Martin Kearney
Birth Date:	23 May 1921
Birth Place:	Geelong, Victoria
Death Place:	Clifton Springs, Victoria
Originalteam:	St Josephs College
Height:	183 cm
Weight:	79 kg
Statsend:	1942
Years1:	1941
Games Goals1:	3 (0)
Years2:	1942
Games Goals2:	3 (0)
Games Goalstotal:	6 (0)

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

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

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

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.464.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2045706 Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.1.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211035779 "Nasher" Kearney: Death of Old-Time Footballer, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.7.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171414115 Obituary: Mr. Daniel Kearney, The Advocate, (Thursday, 26 February 1925), p.13.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171415265 Walsh, T.P., "Daniel Kearney—Catholic Layman", The Advocate, (Thursday, 9 April 1925), p.20.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page627588 Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p.13.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172212019 Catholic Items from Victorian Centres: Geelong, The Advocate, (Wednesday, 8 March 1944), p.16.
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164463858/daniel-martin-kearney Daniel Martin Kearney, at Find-a-Grave.