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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
John Holligan
Personal information
Full name John Francis Holligan
Date of birth (1875-11-01)1 November 1875
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 13 September 1939(1939-09-13) (aged 63)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) Marylebone
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1902–03 Essendon 5 (4)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Francis Holligan (1 November 1875 – 13 September 1939) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Michael Holligan, and Mary Holligan (1852-1906), née M‘Garity, John Francis Holligan was born in Geelong on 1 November 1875.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Marriages: Holligan—M‘Garity, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 1 October 1873), p.2: Note that this notice replaces the one published on the previous day () in which her family name had been given as "M‘Gouty"
  3. Deaths: Holligan, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 17 December 1906), p.1.
  4. "The following casualty cases have been attended to at the hospital:— On Wednesday a boy named John Holligan, aged 8 years, who resides with his parents in Little Ryrie street, had his left hip severely but not seriously injured, through being kicked by another boy whilst the youngsters were playing together." (The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 28 November 1884), p.2.)

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