Kevin_Hogan_(footballer,_born_1934)
Kevin Hogan (footballer, born 1934)
Australian rules footballer (1934โ2019)
Kevin Hogan OAM (6 October 1934 โ 5 November 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Hogan initially played with Benalla "Colts" / Thirds in 1949 in the Benalla & District Football League,[2] then played with Violet Town, making his senior football debut in 1950 as a 15 year old in the Benalla Tungamah Football League.[3] He continued to play with Violet Town until 1953, including their 1952 Benalla Tungamah Football League grand final loss to Benalla,[4] prior to playing with South Melbourne.
Hogan was hailed as one of the VFL recruits of the year in 1954![5]
He later played, coached and was on the committee of the Sale Football Club. He also was a journalist for the Gippsland Times and worked for ABC Local Radio in Gippsland for over 50 years.[6]
In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours Hogan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for " service to the sports of cricket and football ".[7]
Brother of former South Melbourne footballers, Pat Hogan and Frank Hogan.