Kevin O'Donnell (footballer)

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Kevin O'Donnell
Personal information
Full name Kevin O'Donnell
Date of birth (1924-07-12)12 July 1924
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
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Original team(s) South Caulfield CYMS
Height/Weight 183 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946-1949 St Kilda 49 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949 season.

Kevin O'Donnell (12 July 1924 – 15 January 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early years

Born in Melbourne, O'Donnell was a student at St Kilda's Christian Brothers College.[1] He later did a building apprenticeship at Swinburne College.[1]

His early football was played with South Caulfield CYMS.[2]

Military service

In World War II he served overseas with the Royal Australian Air Force after enlisting in 1943.[3] Following service in Britain, O'Donnell was a member of the occupation forces in Germany.[1]

Football

St Kilda career

O'Donnell, a half forward, debuted in the opening round of the 1946 VFL season, against North Melbourne at Arden Street Oval.[4][5] He kicked two goals and was named amongst St Kilda's best.[6]

From 1946 to 1949, O'Donnell amassed 49 league games for St Kilda.[5]

Deniliquin coach

In 1950, O'Donnell left St Kilda to coach in New South Wales, for Deniliquin in the Murray Football League.[7] He remained senior coach in 1951, then played the 1952 season as a player only, as former South Melbourne player Ted Whitfield took charge.[8] O'Donnell was in the Deniliquin team which drew the 1952 grand final with Finley and lost by replay by six points.[9][10] In 1953 he returned as coach for one final season.[11]

He was president of the Deniliquin Football Club from 1973 to 1978.[1]

Later life and family

A builder by trade, O'Donnell remained in Deniliquin, where he raised four children with wife Bernadette.[1] The youngest, Simon O'Donnell, played 24 games for St Kilda in the 1980s, but is best known as a cricketer.[12] He won a World Cup with Australia in 1987.[13]

Heavily involved in the racing industry, he bred his own racehorses and was a trustee of the Deniliquin racecourse.[1]

References

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