Frank Donoghue Explained

Frank Donoghue
Fullname:	Francis Patrick Donoghue
Birth Date:	17 August 1904
Birth Place:	Bairnsdale, Victoria
Death Place:	Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria
Originalteam:	University Blues
Height:	178 cm
Weight:	69 kg
Statsend:	1928
Years1:	1925–28
Games Goals1:	51 (3)

Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946),^{[2] [3] [4]} and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery,^{[5] [6]} Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.

He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933.^[7] he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.

Education

He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.

As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne,^{[8] [9] [10]} graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.^{[11] [12]}

Football

Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland,^[13] he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).^[14]

On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.^[15]

Medical practice

In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.^{[16] [17]}

Military service

He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.

Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.^[18]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• World War Two Service Record: Major Francis Patrick Donoghue (VX104270), National Archives of Australia.
• School Sports: Gippsland Schools' Meeting, The Weekly Times. (Saturday, 23 October 1920), p.24.
• More People who live at Leongatha, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 4 October 1950), p.20.
• O'Brien, Jack, "The Princess is his Best Patient", The Argus, (Monday, 30 July 1956), p.15.

External links

• • • Frank Donoghue's profile at Blueseum.
• Frank Donoghue at Boyles Football Photos.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.222.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22398447 Deaths: Donoghue, The Argus, (Monday, 9 December 1946), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65422446 (News Item), The Gippland Times, (Monday, 9 December 1946), p.1.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63257148 (Public Notice) Patrick Donoghue, The Gippsland Times, (Monday, 13 January 1947), p.8.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204975919 Deaths: Donoghue, The Age, (Monday, 11 February 1952), p.2.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63290616 Highly Respected Nambrok Resident Passes: Mrs. M.E. Donoghue, The Gippsland Times, (Monday, 11 February 1952), p.1.
7. Weddings: Donoghue—Mills, Table Talk, (Thursday, 28 September 1933), pp.42-43.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176525279 Newman College, The Advocate, (Thursday, 14 December 1922), p.15.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183960886 Newman College, The Sorting Globe, (Saturday, 1 September 1928), p.3.
10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184271365 Donoghue's Success, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 27 June 1928), p.8.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171654327 Social, The Advocate, (Thursday, 20 December 1928), p.26.
12. http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1933/V/general/18.pdf Register of Medical Practitioners for 1933, Victorian Government Gazette, No. 18, (Tuesday, 31 January 1933), p.401.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2137049 Football: Permits Granted and Refused, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1925), p.5.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224955616 Melbourne League Football -- Carlton Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 16 June 1928), p.44.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102295412 Football, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, (Friday, 6 August 1926), p.44.
16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257237128 Local Topics, The Great Southern Advocate, (Thursday, 30 April 1936), p.2.
17. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62982195 Yarram Club, The Gippsland Times, (Thursday, 30 April 1936), p.5.
18. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2OBUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2885%2C130279 Deaths: Donoghue, The Age, (Tuesday, 1 June 1971), p.24.