Clarrie O'Connor

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Clarrie O'Connor
Personal information
Full name Clarence Joseph O'Connor
Date of birth (1909-10-13)13 October 1909
Place of birth Hesket, Victoria
Date of death 21 April 1969(1969-04-21) (aged 59)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Hesket, Woodend
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 South Melbourne 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.

Clarence Joseph O'Connor (13 October 1909 – 21 April 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] O'Connor won the 1936 Riddell District Football League's best & fairest award, the Harry O White Medal, playing for Hesket Football Club.[2] Hesket FC folded prior to the 1937 Riddell District Football League season and O'Connor played for Woodend in 1937 and 1938, including their 1937 premiership side.[3][4] After debuting for South Melbourne in round three, 1939[5] and playing five consecutive matches, O'Connor returned to Woodend Football Club.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 667. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "1936 - Riddell District Association". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic). 20 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "1937 - Football: TO-DAY'S GRAND FINAL". The Woodend Star (Vic). 28 August 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "1937 - Football Grand Final". The Woodend Star (Vic). 4 September 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "1939 - News Flashes From The Football Grounds". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 6 May 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "1939 - Football". The Woodend Star (Vic). 1 July 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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