Mick Donohue
Collingwood
AFL career
12 games3 goals
- Debut
- R7 1942 v STK20 June 1942
- Most recent
- R12 1943 v CAR31 July 1943
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the Victoria Brewery football team, Mick Donohue was a mature-age arrival at Victoria Park who seized his opportunity during the roster turnover of the Second World War. Standing just 171cm and weighing 67kg, the diminutive winger made his debut at 24 years of age in 1942, injected into the side to provide speed and depth to a Magpies lineup depleted by military enlistments. He held his spot for nine games in his debut season and added another three in 1943, operating primarily on the wing or half-forward flank. Although his time at the elite level was brief, Donohue represents a specific era of VFL history where industrial league players stepped up to keep the game alive while the competition's stars were serving overseas.
Profile
- Born
- 02 Aug 1917
- Died
- 15 Sept 1990 (aged 73y 44d)
- Birthplace
- Collingwood, VIC
- Deathplace
- Kew, VIC
- Height
- 171 cm
- Weight
- 67 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the Victoria Brewery football team, Mick Donohue was a mature-age arrival at Victoria Park who seized his opportunity during the roster turnover of the Second World War. Standing just 171cm and weighing 67kg, the diminutive winger made his debut at 24 years of age in 1942, injected into the side to provide speed and depth to a Magpies lineup depleted by military enlistments. He held his spot for nine games in his debut season and added another three in 1943, operating primarily on the wing or half-forward flank. Although his time at the elite level was brief, Donohue represents a specific era of VFL history where industrial league players stepped up to keep the game alive while the competition's stars were serving overseas.