Dan Moriarty (footballer, born 1875) explained

Dan Moriarty
Fullname:Daniel Patrick Moriarty
Birth Date:18 August 1875
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:Jolimont
Originalteam:Fitzroy Juniors
Statsend:1903
Years1:1894–96
Club1: (VFA)
Games Goals1:30 (1)
Years2:1897
Games Goals2:12 (2)
Years3:1899–1903
Games Goals3:62 (2)
Careerhighlights:
  • VFA premiership player 1895

Daniel Patrick Moriarty (18 August 1875 – 26 August 1903) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Moriarty was killed by a freight train near Jolimont railway station in August 1903, eight days after his 28th birthday. The coroner's inquest determined that he probably died while having an epileptic seizure.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jolimont railway fatality . The Argus . Melbourne, Vic. . 29 August 1903 . 19.