Peter O'Donohue

Peter O'Donohue
Personal information
Birth	14 June 1923
Recruited from	Hawthorn CYMS
Height and weight	179 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Hawthorn (1942–43, 1946–52) 109 games, 24 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	Hawthorn 1966
¹ Statistics to end of 1966 season

Peter O'Donohue (born 14 June 1923) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.

O'Donohue usually played in defence or in the centre and played 109 games with Hawthorn. He was made captain during the 1950 season and kept that position until the end of 1952. In 1953 he went to Western Australia, where he became captain coach of West Perth for two seasons. O'Donohue's job with the CSIRO led him to accept an appointment to coach Deniliquin in the Murray Football League. He led Deniliquin to the 1957 premiership playing as a half back flanker. He returned to Hawthorn in 1966 as coach, but it was his only season in charge.

Peter went on to be a highly successful amateur coach in the VAFA.

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Peter O'Donohue's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club

1925: Jackson • 1926: Minogue/Burke • 1927: Lethlean • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Mills • 1933: Twomey • 1934: Mills • 1935–1937: McAlpine • 1938: Mills • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942: Carmody • 1943: Williams • 1944: Bohan • 1945: Shea • 1946: Bohan • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: O'Donohue/Curran • 1952: O'Donohue • 1953–1954: Fletcher • 1955–1959: Kennedy • 1960–1964: Arthur • 1965: Arthur/Peck • 1966–1968: Arthur • 1969–1973: Parkin • 1974–1975: Crimmins • 1976–1980: Scott • 1981–1985: Matthews • 1986–1991: Tuck • 1992–1993: Ayres • 1994: Langford • 1995–1998: Dunstall • 1999–2004: Crawford • 2005–2007: Vandenberg • 2008–2010: Mitchell • 2011: Hodge

Coaches of the Hawthorn Football Club

1925: Hall • 1926–1927: Minogue • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Jackson • 1933: Rademacher • 1933–1934: Twomey • 1935–1938: McAlpine • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942–1943: Cazaly • 1944: Lahiff • 1945–1946: Shea • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: McCaskill • 1952–1959: Hale • 1960–1963: Kennedy • 1964–1965: Arthur • 1966: O'Donohue • 1967–1976: Kennedy • 1973: Simonds • 1977–1980: Parkin • 1981–1987: Jeans • 1988: Joyce • 1989–1990: Jeans • 1991–1993: Joyce • 1994–1995: Knights • 1996–1999: Judge • 2000–2004: Schwab • 2001: Connolly • 2004: McDonald • 2005–: Clarkson

Italics denote caretaker coach

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Name	Odonohue, Peter
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Date of birth	14 June 1923
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