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Larry Donohue

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1955}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Larry Donohue

| image =

| fullname = Larry Donohue

| nickname = Bear

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Thomson

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 97 kg

| position = Full-forward

| guernsey = 23

| statsend = 1980

| years1 = 1973–1980

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 105 (339)

| sooteam1 = Victoria

| soogames_goals1 = ? (?)

| careerhighlights = *Coleman Medal, 1976

}}

Larry Donohue (born 22 April 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club from 1973 to 1980, playing 105 games kicking 339 goals. He was recruited from the Thomson Football Club. He won the Coleman Medal in 1976 after kicking 99 goals.{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|187}} Donohue kicked 95 goals in 1978 and headed the Cats goalkicking from 1975 to 1978. Donohue moved to Fitzroy but never played senior football with the Lions retiring because of injuries. Donohue later coached locally in Geelong at Thomson and Newcomb guiding the Dinosaurs to the 1988 Bellarine Football League premiership.

His son, Adam, was taken as a father/son selection in the 2007 AFL Draft. He did not play a senior game.

VFL statistics

:[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Larry_Donohue.html Larry Donohue's player profile at AFL Tables]

{{AFL player statistics legend}}

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|Led the league for the season only

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|Led the league after finals only

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|Led the league after season and finals

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|-

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1973

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 42 || 10 || 52 || 22 || {{n/a}} || 0.8 || 0.3 || 7.0 || 1.7 || 8.7 || 3.7 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1974

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 11 || 1 || 12 || 2 || {{n/a}} || 1.0 || 1.0 || 5.5 || 0.5 || 6.0 || 1.0 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1975

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 14 || 29 || 11 || 123 || 67 || 190 || 79 || {{n/a}} || 2.1 || 0.8 || 8.8 || 4.8 || 13.6 || 5.6 || -{{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1976

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 24 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 105 || 63 || 216 || 31 || 247 || 150 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 4.4 || 2.6 || 9.0 || 1.3 || 10.3 || 6.3 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1977

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 21 || 63 || 35 || 180 || 35 || 215 || 119 || {{n/a}} || 3.0 || 1.8 || 8.6 || 1.7 || 10.2 || 5.7 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1978

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 23 || 95 || 50 || 195 || 44 || 239 || 136 || {{n/a}} || 4.1 || 2.3 || 8.5 || 1.9 || 10.4 || 5.9 || {{n/a}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1979

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 11 || 37 || 23 || 80 || 25 || 105 || 59 || {{n/a}} || 3.4 || 2.1 || 7.3 || 2.3 || 9.5 || 5.4 || {{n/a}}

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1980

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Gee}}

| 23 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 10 || 4 || 14 || 7 || {{n/a}} || 0.8 || 1.3 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 3.5 || 1.8 || {{n/a}}

|- class="sortbottom"

! colspan=3| Career

! 105

! 339

! 191

! 857

! 217

! 1074

! 574

! {{n/a}}

! 3.2

! 1.9

! 8.2

! 2.1

! 10.2

! 5.5

! {{n/a}}

|}

References

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External links

  • {{AFL Tables|L/Larry_Donohue}}

{{AFL Coleman Medallists}}

{{Geelong leading goalkickers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donohue, Larry}}

Category:1955 births

Category:Geelong Football Club players

Category:Coleman Medal winners

Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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