Pat Kennedy (footballer, born 1903)

Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy (29 July 1903 – 21 August 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Pat Kennedy
Personal information
Full name Patrick Alphonsus Kennedy
Date of birth (1903-07-29)29 July 1903
Place of birth Cobram, Victoria
Date of death 21 August 1981(1981-08-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Glen Waverley, Victoria
Original team(s) Sth Melbourne CYMS/
University Blacks
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1923–25 Carlton 23 (15)
1925 Hawthorn 03 0(1)
Total 26 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kennedy played VFL football while studying engineering at the University of Melbourne and later served as a major in the Australian Survey Corps in World War II. He died in 1981.

Notes
  1. For many years this player was believed to be Patrick Adrian Cattanach Kennedy (12 May 1904 – 13 July 1972) but this was amended in AFL official records in April 2018.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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