Reg McGillicuddy
Personal information
Full name Reginald Patrick MacGillicuddy
Date of birth (1891-07-24)24 July 1891
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 26 January 1922(1922-01-26) (aged 30)
Place of death Brisbane
Original team(s) Xavier College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 University 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Patrick MacGillicuddy (24 July 1891 – 26 January 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League in 1911.[1]

Reg MacGillicuddy was the son of Irish-catholic parents, Dr Daniel Florance MacGillicuddy and Mary Anne Meaney, who lived in Richmond, in Melbourne's inner east. He attended Xavier College where he excelled at rowing, cricket and football.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and while in his first year he made two VFL appearances with the University team.

Following his graduation from Medical School, Dr McGillicuddy enlisted in World War I and served as captain in the AAMC Hospital Transport Corps at Suez Canal in 1917–18 as part of the Sinai and Palestine campaign but was discharged due to chronic cough.[3]

Upon his return from war he married stage performer Goodie Reeve and moved to Brisbane, but died in 1922, aged 30, leaving a widow and small child.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 537. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "WEEKLY JOTTINGS". The Australasian. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 24.
  3. ↑ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
  4. ↑ "Social Gossip". The Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW. 17 February 1922. p. 2.


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