Kevin O'Neill (Australian footballer) explained

Edward Kevin O'Neill
Fullname:Edward Kevin O'Neill
Birth Date:20 March 1908
Birth Place:Echuca, Victoria
Death Place:Echuca, Victoria
Originalteam:Echuca/St Mary's, (Echuca)
Height:175 cm
Weight:79 kg
Statsend:1941
Years1:1930–1941
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:209 (12)[1]
Careerhighlights:
  • Richmond Premiership Player 1932, 1934
  • Interstate Games:- 10
  • Richmond - Hall of Fame - inducted 2008

Edward Kevin O'Neill (20 March 1908 – 12 July 1985)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1941 for the Richmond Football Club.

The son of a former Richmond player from its days in the VFA, O'Neill was a member of the Tigers' legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and O'Neill. He played in four straight senior Grand Finals from 1931 to 1934, winning the premiership in 1932 and 1934. He also played in Richmond's losing Grand Final side of 1940.

O'Neill represented Victoria on ten occasions, as State vice-captain for an Interstate Carnival, and was awarded Life Membership of the Richmond Football Club in 1939.[3]

During the Second World War he served in the RAAF.[4]

He returned to the Tigers briefly in 1944 as Captain/Coach of the Seconds side.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFL Tables - Kevin ONeill - Stats - Statistics. AFL Tables. 3 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Kevin ONeill - Player Bio. Australian Football. 13 November 2014.
  3. Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
  4. Web site: World War II Roll: Edward Kevin O'Neill . Department of Veterans Affairs.