Dan Kearney
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Dan Kearney
| image =
| fullname = Daniel Martin Kearney
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|05|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|08|19|1921|05|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Clifton Springs, Victoria
| originalteam = St Josephs College
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 79 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1942
| years1 = 1941
| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}
| games_goals1 = 3 (0)
| years2 = 1942
| club2 = {{AFL NM}}
| games_goals2 = 3 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 6 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Daniel Martin Kearney (23 May 1921 – 19 August 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.464.
Family
The grandson of Geelong (VFA) footballer Daniel Michael "Nasher" Kearney (1864-1925),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2045706 Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.1.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211035779 "Nasher" Kearney: Death of Old-Time Footballer, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p.7.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171414115 Obituary: Mr. Daniel Kearney, The Advocate, (Thursday, 26 February 1925), p.13.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171415265 Walsh, T.P., "Daniel Kearney—Catholic Layman", The Advocate, (Thursday, 9 April 1925), p.20.] and the son of Geelong (VFL) footballer James Patrick Kearney (1893-1944),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page627588 Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p.13.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172212019 Catholic Items from Victorian Centres: Geelong, The Advocate, (Wednesday, 8 March 1944), p.16.] and Elizabeth Mary Kearney (1891-1982), née Lang, Daniel Martin Kearney was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 23 May 1921.
He married Catherine Iverson McLean (1919-2009) in 1944.
Death
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
- [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=488882&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964/V28801), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
- B883, VX83964: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Daniel Martin Kearney (VX83964), National Archives of Australia.
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=D/Dan_Kearney.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=dan%2Bkearney/6685}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Geelong Football Club players