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David O'Halloran

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David O'Halloran
Personal information
Full name David Neil O'Halloran
Date of birth (1955-09-08)8 September 1955
Date of death 11 April 2013(2013-04-11) (aged 57)
Place of death Merimbula, New Sout hWales
Original team(s) Ivanhoe Grammar
Debut 1976, Hawthorn vs. St Kilda
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1976–1985 Hawthorn 160 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Neil O'Halloran (8 September 1955 – 11 April 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Recruited from Ivanhoe Grammar School,[citation needed] O'Halloran debuted for Hawthorn in 1976 as a defender and was a premiership player that year. Nicknamed "Rubber",[1] O'Halloran won another premiership with Hawthorn in 1983 and after being on the losing grand final team two years later he left Hawthorn, finishing with 160 games. A Victorian representative in interstate football, O'Halloran was selected in the 1982 'Team of the Year' by the VFL.

Death

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Married with two children, O'Halloran died from a heart attack while cycling on 11 April 2013 at age 57.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vale David O'Halloran". hawthornfc.com.au. Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Hawthorn footballer who twice tasted premiership success". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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