Joe Holligan

Joe Holligan
Personal information
Full name Joseph Christopher Holligan
Born (1886-01-29)29 January 1886
Geelong, Victoria
Died 21 May 1915(1915-05-21) (aged 29)
Geelong, Victoria
Original team Northcote
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913 Geelong 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Christopher Holligan (29 January 1886 – 21 May 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Holligan worked as a shunter at the Geelong railway yards and was killed in an accident on 21 May 1915 when he was struck by a train.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "Shunter Killed by Train". Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 22 May 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2015.