| Eddie Drohan | |
| Fullname: | Edward Patrick Drohan |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Cheltenham, Victoria[1] |
| Originalteam: | Fitzroy Juniors[2] |
| Position: | Wing |
| Statsend: | 1911 |
| Years1: | 1898–1902 |
| Club1: | Fitzroy |
| Games Goals1: | 75 (5) |
| Years2: | 1903–1908 |
| Club2: | Collingwood |
| Games Goals2: | 96 (54) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 171 (59) |
| Coachyears1: | 1910 |
| Coachclub1: | Melbourne |
| Coachgames Wins1: | 18 (4–14–0) |
| Coachyears2: | 1911 |
| Coachclub2: | St Kilda |
| Coachgames Wins2: | 18 (2–16–0) |
| Coachgames Winstotal: | 36 (6–30–0) |
| Careerhighlights: |
1908 |
Edward Patrick Drohan (17 July 1876 – 28 July 1938)[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before becoming an umpire and a coach.
Drohan made his debut for Fitzroy in 1898 and played in their premiership side that year and the following season. In both Grand Finals he played on a wing, the position he occupied for most of his career.
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.[4]
Drohan crossed to Collingwood in 1903 and finished the season as a member of another premiership winning side, becoming the first person to play in a VFL/AFL premiership for two different sides.[5]
After retiring in 1908 Drohan spent a couple of years as a field umpire before joining Melbourne as coach in 1910. He had little success, winning just four games for the season and in 1911 he was chosen to coach St Kilda. Again his side struggled, this time winning just two games. Later Drohan also acted as a goal umpire and a steward.[5]