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Michael Minogue
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Victorian Football Association
Games: 2 - 4
Career: 1881
Michael Andrew Minogue
1881 M. Minogue a new recruit and did well.
(Centenary Souvenir of Carlton Football Club p15)
1881
August 13
Minogue named in the Carlton 20 for the match against East Melbourne on Princes Oval. (Age p6)
M. Minogue competed in the Carlton Football Club's sports day held on September 17. See 1881 page
1881 A bright particular star in the provincial sense, like all country players found it difficult, especially so late in the season to conform to metropolitan usage; should prove a valuable acquisition in the coming season.
(The Footballer 1881 p23)
Went to Essendon in 1883
Same Person?
There was a Michael Andrew Minogue son of a farmer, born 20 November 1862 near Kyneton. He went on to head the Department of Treasury in Victoria until he retired in 1922 due to angina. He died 16 February 1923.
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/minogue-michael-andrew-7602
His obituary in The Herald (17 February p4) said, "Once a footballer, and always a lover of outdoor life."
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