Dan Minogue

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Dan Minogue

| image = Dan Minogue 1911-1916.jpg

| caption = Dan Minogue, holding a Sherrin football,
during his Collingwood career

| fullname = Daniel Thomas Minogue

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|9|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bendigo, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|27|1891|9|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria

| originalteam = St Killian's
California Gully

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 87 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1926

| coachstatsend = 1942

| years1 = 1911–1916

| club1 = {{AFL Col}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}85 (37)

| years2 = 1920–1925

| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}94 (38)

| years3 = 1926

| club3 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals3 = {{0|00}}1 {{0}}(2)

| games_goalstotal = 180 (77)

| coachyears1 = 1920–1925

| coachclub1 = {{AFL Ric}}

| coachgames_wins1 = 105 {{0|00}}(59–45–1)

| coachyears2 = 1926–1927

| coachclub2 = {{AFL Haw}}

| coachgames_wins2 = {{0}}36 {{0|000}}(4–31–1)

| coachyears3 = 1929–1934

| coachclub3 = {{AFL Car}}

| coachgames_wins3 = 117 {{0|00}}(85–32–0)

| coachyears4 = 1935–1937

| coachclub4 = {{AFL StK}}

| coachgames_wins4 = {{0}}54 {{0|00}}(30–24–0)

| coachyears5 = 1940–1942

| coachclub5 = {{AFL Fit}}

| coachgames_wins5 = {{0}}51 {{0|00}}(25–26–0)

| coachgames_winstotal = 363 (203–158–2)

| careerhighlights = * AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London,
28 October 1916

{{AFL Ric}} premiership captain-coach 1920, 1921
{{AFL Col}} captain 1914–1916
{{AFL Ric}} captain 1920–1925
{{AFL Haw}} captain 1926
Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1996
{{AFL Ric}} Hall of Fame, inducted 2002

}}

Daniel Thomas Minogue (4 September 1891 – 27 July 1961) was an Australian rules footballer, who played with three clubs in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and who was the coach of five VFL clubs.

Family

The son of Matthew Minogue (1868-1899),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89460096 Death of a young Bendigonian, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Friday, 7 April 1899), p.2.] and Ellen Minogue (1868-1896), née Madden,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88992319 Death: Minogue, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Wednesday, 21 October 1896, p.2.] Daniel Thomas Minogue was born at Bendigo on 4 September 1891.

He married Ann Marion Morrison (1893-1968) on 30 March 1921.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264269193 Orange Blossom: Mr. Daniel Minogue to Miss Annie Morrison, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 9 April 1921), p.4.]

Education

He was educated at the Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo.

Football

=Collingwood (VFL)=

Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back. On one occasion he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 VFL Grand Final and then played out the entire match.

Image:Detail of Third Australian Division Football Team (28 October 1916).tif

=Third Divisional team (AIF)=

While serving in World War I, Minogue vice-captained the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.The original newsreel: {{YouTube | LuUjgJHLgdg | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916)}}The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: {{YouTube | B88dBgC01YA | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019)}}

=Richmond (VFL)=

Unhappy at Collingwood's treatment of his friend and former teammate, Jim Sadler, during the war, Minogue demanded a transfer to Richmond on his return from AIF service during World War I{{cite web|url=http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/243169|title=Daniel Thomas Minogue|publisher=National Archives of Australia}}"Former skipper Dan Minogue, a close friend who worked with Sadler at the South Melbourne gasworks, had become intensely unhappy with what he felt had been the club’s unfair treatment of his mate. It was never clearly articulated, but he seems to have believed that Sadler wasn’t given the opportunities he deserved across 1916-17. So even though Sadler’s retirement letter betrayed no bitterness, Minogue was furious. And his fury festered while serving his country in France during the First World War. So deep-seated was Minogue’s anger that, when he came home in 1919, he stunned the football world by refusing to play with Collingwood, opting instead for Richmond." ([https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/jim-sadler Jim Sadler (1908-1917), at Collingwood Forever]) created ill feeling and he had to stand out of competition for twelve months in order to secure the transfer.

Coach

In addition to playing at three VFL clubs ({{AFL Col}}, {{AFL Ric}}, and {{AFL Haw}}) he also coached at five VFL clubs ({{AFL Ric}}, {{AFL Haw}}, {{AFL Car}}, {{AFL StK}}, and {{AFL Fit}}) {{em-dash}} a record which ({{As of|2022|6|lc=y}}) is yet to be equalled.

VFL players' advocate

In August 1947, he was appointed as the official VFL players's advocate; a position he held until his death.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206043188 Poaching Alleged, The Age, (Saturday, 30 August 1947), p.5.]

Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 27 July 1961.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6979%2C4124742 Deaths: Minogue, The Age, (Friday, 28 July 1961), p.15.][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2022%2C4156232 Mr. Dan NNMinogue's Funeral Today, The Age, (Friday, 28 July 1961), p.20.]

Hall of fame

In 1996 Minogue was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Footnotes

References

[http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1874692_13.pdf?agree Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.]
Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}}
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/20729032 Minogue, D. & Millard, P.J., "Famous A.I.F. Match in London: Unknown Richmond Lad was the Star", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 21 August 1937), p.8.]
Richardson, N. (2016), The Game of Their Lives, Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. {{ISBN|978-1-7435-3666-7}}
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. {{ISBN|0-670-86814-0}}
{{cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |isbn=0-7322-6426-X | pages=98 }}
Photograph at [https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/gallery/190107 Daniel Thomas Minogue, at Discovering Anzacs.]
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067522/large/5371684.JPG First World War Embarkation Roll: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068922/large/5361119.JPG First World War Nominal Roll: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=7980265&D=D First World War Service Record: Gunner Daniel Thomas Minogue (24559), National Archives of Australia.]

External links

{{AFL Tables|ref=D/Dan_Minogue.html}}
[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/Dan_Minogue.html Dan Minogue's coaching record, at AFL Tables.]
{{AustralianFootball|ref=dan%2Bminogue/2804}}
[https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/dan-minogue/ Collingwood Forever Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042351/http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame]