Neil Conlan

Neil Conlan
Personal information
Full name Neil Conlan
Date of birth (1936-08-07)7 August 1936
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 22 July 1978(1978-07-22) (aged 41)[1]
Place of death Canberra, ACT
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953-1958
1959-1966
1967-1973
New Town/Glenorchy
Devonport
Manuka
120 (-)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Tasmania 25 (-)

Neil Conlan (7 August 1936 – 22 July 1978)[2] was an Australian football player from Tasmania.[3][4] Conlan played as a forward.[5] Conlan played in the Tasmania Australian rules football team that defeated the Victoria Australian rules football team on 13 July 1960 at York Park, Launceston.[6] He captain-coached Devonport.[7][8]

Neil Conlan's son Michael Conlan played 210 games for the Fitzroy Football Club.[7]

References

  1. "Neil Conlan dies.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 23 July 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. "Neil Conlan". OneGreatFamily.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. "OBITUARY Coach Neil Conlan dies at 42.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 23 July 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. "Tasmania Went Down Fighting". The Age (Fairfax Media). 22 July 1957. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. "Tasmanian Rules Team Has Runaway Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). 18 July 1955. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. "Relive Tassie football's glory days". ABC Tasmania (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 18 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 Morris, Terry (28 January 2012). "Conlan heading home for reunion". The Examiner (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  8. "Neil Conlan - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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