Kevin O'Halloran | |
Fullname: | Kevin Frank O'Halloran |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1915 |
Birth Place: | Raywood, Victoria |
Death Place: | Footscray, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL) |
Height: | 193 cm |
Weight: | 102 kg |
Statsend: | 1941 |
Years1: | 1939 |
Club1: | St Kilda |
Games Goals1: | 7 (18) |
Years2: | 1940 |
Club2: | South Melbourne |
Games Goals2: | 2 (3) |
Years3: | 1941 |
Club3: | Footscray |
Games Goals3: | 5 (3) |
Games Goalstotal: | 14 (24) |
Kevin Frank O'Halloran (17 January 1915 - 6 October 1976)[1] [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Simon Patrick O'Halloran (1874-1949), an Barbara Lee Goldsmith (1876-1922), Kevin Francis O'Halloran was born on 17 January 1915.
He married Ida Jean Crawford (1916-1989)in 1940.
His son, Eddie, played with Footscray during the early 1960s.[3]
O'Halloran was a follower, originally from Eaglehawk in the Bendigo Football League. Over the next two seasons he had the unusual distinction of playing for four clubs.
He kicked a league equaling record seven goals on his VFL debut, against Footscray at Western Oval.[4]
He was at South Melbourne in 1940.
He joined Yarraville in 1940.
Although he was not cleared from Yarraville, the VFL Permit Committee granted him a permit to play with the VFL team Footscray on 18 June 1941.[5]
He died at his residence in Footscray, Victoria on 6 October 1976.[6]