Col Donohoe
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Full name | Matthew Colin Donohoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney,New South Wales,Australia | 2 August 1929||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 June 1986 Sydney,New South Wales,Australia | (aged 56)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Colin "Col" Donohoe(1929–1986) was an Australian professionalrugby leaguefootballer for theEastern SuburbsandSouth Sydneyclubs, playing between 1951 and 1959.[3]
Club career
[edit]Col Donohoe, a half-back, played 4 seasons with theSydney Roostersin 1949, 1951,1952 and 1953. Donohoe then played 5 seasons atSouth Sydney Rabbitohsbetween 1955 and 1959. He is remembered by South's fans as the man who scored a try late in the grand final that wonSouth Sydney Rabbitohsthe1955Premiership.
Representative career
[edit]Col Donohoe represented NSW Country Firsts on one occasion in 1950. He then representedNew South Waleson three occasions in the years 1954 and 1956.
He also played half-back for theKangaroos,in the Third Test against New Zealand[4]representing Australia for the first time on 2 July 1952.[5]Donohue is listed on theAustralian Players Registeras Kangaroo No.294.[6]
Col Donohoe died in 1986 following complications during an operation for a hip replacement 47 days short of his 57th birthday.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Rugby League Project
- ^Rugby League Project Coaches
- ^"Rugby League Tables / Col Donohoe".
- ^"Donohoe As Five-eighth Shock Move".The Sun-Herald.Sydney. 9 May 1954. p. 36.Retrieved13 June2011– via National Library of Australia.
- ^"NEWCOMERS AT PRACTICE FOR LEAGUE TEST DEBUT".The Sydney Morning Herald.1 July 1952. p. 7.Retrieved13 June2011– via National Library of Australia.
- ^ARL Annual Report 2005, page 54
- ^Alan Whiticker, Rugby League Project
- 1929 births
- 1986 deaths
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Australian rugby league players
- Corrimal Cougars players
- Country New South Wales rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- Sydney Roosters coaches
- Sydney Roosters players
- Australian rugby league biography, 1920s birth stubs