| Frank Donoghue | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Francis Patrick Donoghue | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Bairnsdale, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 31 May 1971 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death |
Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | University Blues | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–28 | Carlton | 51 (3) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946),[2][3][4] and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery,[5][6] Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.
He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933.[7] he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.
He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.
As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne,[8][9][10] graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.[11][12]
Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland,[13] he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).[14]
On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.[15]
In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.[16][17]
He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.
He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.[18]