Col Donohoe
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Full name | Matthew Colin Donohoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1929-08-02)2 August 1929 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 June 1986(1986-06-16) (aged 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Colin "Col" Donohoe (1929–1986) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney clubs, playing between 1951 and 1959.[3]
Club career
Col Donohoe, a half-back, played 4 seasons with the Sydney Roosters in 1949, 1951,1952 and 1953. Donohoe then played 5 seasons at South Sydney Rabbitohs between 1955 and 1959. He is remembered by South's fans as the man who scored a try late in the grand final that won South Sydney Rabbitohs the 1955 Premiership.
Representative career
Col Donohoe represented NSW Country Firsts on one occasion in 1950. He then represented New South Wales on three occasions in the years 1954 and 1956.
He also played half-back for the Kangaroos, in the Third Test against New Zealand[4] representing Australia for the first time on 2 July 1952.[5] Donohue is listed on the Australian Players Register as 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
- ^ 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. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEWCOMERS AT PRACTICE FOR LEAGUE TEST DEBUT". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 July 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 54
- ^ Alan Whiticker, Rugby League Project
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Preceded by Ernie Norman 1950–1952 | Coach![]() Sydney Roosters 1953 | Succeeded by Ferris Ashton 1954 |
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- 1. Don Murdoch
- 2. Ian Moir
- 3. Martin Gallagher
- 4. Malcolm Spencer
- 5. Dale Puren
- 6. John Dougherty
- 7. Col Donohoe
- 8. Denis Donoghue
- 9. Ernie Hammerton
- 10. Norm Nilson
- 11. Bernie Purcell
- 12. Jack Rayner (Capt./Coach)
- 13. Les Cowie
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