Neil Conlan

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Neil Conlan
Personal information
Full name Neil Conlan
Date of birth(1936-08-07)7 August 1936
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 22 July 1978(1978-07-22) (aged 41) [1]
Place of death Canberra, ACT
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1953–1958 New Town/Glenorchy 120 (-)
1959–1966 Devonport
1967–1973 Manuka
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
Tasmania 25 (-)

Neil Conlan (7 August 1936 – 22 July 1978) was an Australian football player from Tasmania. [2] [3] Conlan played as a forward. [4] Conlan played in the Tasmania Australian rules football team that defeated the Victoria Australian rules football team on 13 July 1960 at York Park, Launceston. [5] He captain-coached Devonport. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Neil Conlan dies". The Canberra Times . 23 July 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 22 November 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "OBITUARY Coach Neil Conlan dies at 42". The Canberra Times . 23 July 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Tasmania Went Down Fighting". The Age . 22 July 1957. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tasmanian Rules Team Has Runaway Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald . 18 July 1955. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Relive Tassie football's glory days". ABC Tasmania . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. 1 2 Morris, Terry (28 January 2012). "Conlan heading home for reunion". The Examiner . Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Neil Conlan – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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