Danny Murnane

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Danny Murnane
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Full name Danny Murnane
Date of birth(1926-03-23)23 March 1926
Date of death 18 April 2016(2016-04-18) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Moorabbin / Rochester
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1947–48 St Kilda 6 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Danny Murnane (23 March 1926 – 18 April 2016 [1] ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

St Kilda Football Club Australian rules football club

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

  1. ↑ AFL Record Season Guide. Slattery Media Group. 2017. p. 1166.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 640. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
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