Davitt Coghlan Explained

Davitt Coghlan
Fullname:	Michael Davitt Liguri Coghlan
Birth Date:	28 December 1907
Birth Place:	Coburg, Victoria
Death Place:	St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria
Height:	178 cm
Statsend:	1930
Years1:	1925, 1928–30
Games Goals1:	25 (10)

Michael Davitt Coghlan (28 December 1907 – 10 October 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Michael Coghlan (-1956),^[2] and Annie Coghlan (-1940),^[3] Michael Davitt Coghlan was born at Coburg, Victoria on 28 December 1907.

His brother, Arthur Emmett "Bull" Coghlan (1902-1959), played VFl football for Geelong.

He married Patricia Genevieve O'Keefe (1907-1957) in 1938.

Military service

He served with the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War.

Death

He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria on 10 October 1964.^[4]

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.
• Victorian League Football 1928 — Fitzroy Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1928), p.45.
• W.A. Clearances, The (Adelaide) Advertiser and Register, (Friday, 17 April 1931), p.8.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Lieutenant Michail (sic) Davitt Coghlan (256690), Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.162.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72534099 Deaths: Coghlan, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 February 1956), p.19.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244456357 Death Notices: Coghlan, The Herald, (Tuesday, 29 October 1940), p.14.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sE0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3112%2C2120518 Deaths: Coghlan, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1964), p.16.