Kevin Landrigan (footballer)
| Kevin Landrigan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kevin James Landrigan | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Rainbow, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 December 1982 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Bentleigh East, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Hopetoun | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940 | Hawthorn | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Kevin James Landrigan (18 January 1917 – 3 December 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of James Michael Landrigan (1885-1922), and Elizabeth Maria Landrigan (1881-1966), née Hogan, Kevin James Landrigan was born at Rainbow, Victoria on 18 January 1917.
He married Hazel Elizabeth Laragy on 18 June 1945.[2]
Football
[edit]Cleared to Hawthorn from the Hopetoun Football Club in the Southern Mallee Football League on 5 June 1940,[3][4] he played only one First XVIII game, against Fitzroy, in the last home-and-away game of the 1940 season.[5][6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby (2014), p.497.
- ^ "Returned P.O.W. To Marry". Herald. 18 June 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "V.F.L. MATCHES". Age. 6 June 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "CLUB'S SURPRISE - Ex-Junior Full Forward - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 12 Jul 1940". Trove. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "STRONG FINISH BY RICHMOND". Argus. 2 September 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Flashes From The Football Fields". Sporting Globe. 31 August 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
References
[edit]- World War Two Service Record Lieutenant Kevin James Landrigan (VX139190 (V25617)), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
[edit]- Kevin Landrigan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Kevin Landrigan at AustralianFootball.com
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