Col Donohoe

Matthew Colin "Col" Donohoe (1929–1986) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney clubs, playing between 1951 and 1959.^[3]

Col Donohoe

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Colin Donohoe
Born	(1929-08-02)2 August 1929 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 June 1986(1986-06-16) (aged 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1951–53 Eastern Suburbs 44 14 3 0 45 1955–59 South Sydney 85 13 0 0 39 Total 129 27 3 0 84 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1950 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0 1952–53 Australia 2 0 0 0 0 1954–56 New South Wales 4 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1953 Eastern Suburbs 20 10 1 9 50
Source: [1][2]

Club career

Col Donohoe, a half-back, played 4 seasons with the Sydney Roosters in 1949, 1951,1952 and 1953. Donohoe then played 5 seasons at South Sydney Rabbitohs between 1955 and 1959. He is remembered by South's fans as the man who scored a try late in the grand final that won South Sydney Rabbitohs the 1955 Premiership.

Representative career

Col Donohoe represented NSW Country Firsts on one occasion in 1950. He then represented New South Wales on three occasions in the years 1954 and 1956.

He also played half-back for the Kangaroos, in the Third Test against New Zealand^[4] representing Australia for the first time on 2 July 1952.^[5] Donohue is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.294.^[6]

Col Donohoe died in 1986 following complications during an operation for a hip replacement 47 days short of his 57th birthday.^[7]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. Rugby League Project Coaches
3. "Rugby League Tables / Col Donohoe".
4. "Donohoe As Five-eighth Shock Move". The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 9 May 1954. p. 36. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "NEWCOMERS AT PRACTICE FOR LEAGUE TEST DEBUT". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 July 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
6. ARL Annual Report 2005, page 54
7. Alan Whiticker, Rugby League Project

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ernie Norman 1950–1952	Coach Sydney Roosters 1953	Succeeded by Ferris Ashton 1954