Frank Donoghue

Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946), and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery, Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.

He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933. he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.

Education He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.

As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.

Football Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland, he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).

On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.

Medical practice In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.

Military service He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.

Death He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.