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Daniel Thomas Minogue (4 September 1891 – 27 July 1961) was an Australian rules footballer, who played with three clubs in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and who was the coach of five VFL clubs.
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Dan Minogue, holding a Sherrin football, during his Collingwood career | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Daniel Thomas Minogue | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 1961 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death |
Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) |
St Killian's California Gully | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–1916 | Collingwood | 85 (37) | |
| 1920–1925 | Richmond | 94 (38) | |
| 1926 | Hawthorn | 1 (2) | |
| Total | 180 (77) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1920–1925 | Richmond | 105 (59–45–1) | |
| 1926–1927 | Hawthorn | 36 (4–31–1) | |
| 1929–1934 | Carlton | 117 (85–32–0) | |
| 1935–1937 | St Kilda | 54 (30–24–0) | |
| 1940–1942 | Fitzroy | 51 (25–26–0) | |
| Total | 363 (203–158–2) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1942. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of Matthew Minogue (1868-1899),[1] and Ellen Minogue (1868-1896), née Madden,[2] Daniel Thomas Minogue was born at Bendigo on 4 September 1891.
He married Ann Marion Morrison (1893-1968) on 30 March 1921.[3]
He was educated at the Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo.
Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back. On one occasion he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 VFL Grand Final and then played out the entire match.
While serving in World War I, Minogue vice-captained the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[5][6]
Unhappy at Collingwood's treatment of his friend and former teammate, Jim Sadler, during the war, Minogue demanded a transfer to Richmond on his return from AIF service during World War I[7][8] created ill feeling and he had to stand out of competition for twelve months in order to secure the transfer.
In addition to playing at three VFL clubs (Collingwood, Richmond, and Hawthorn) he also coached at five VFL clubs (Richmond, Hawthorn, Carlton, St Kilda, and Fitzroy) — a record which (as of June 2022[update]) is yet to be equalled.
In August 1947, he was appointed as the official VFL players's advocate; a position he held until his death.[9]
He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 27 July 1961.[10][11]
In 1996 Minogue was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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