Peter O'Donohue

Peter O'Donohue
Personal information
Full name John Peter O'Donohue
Born (1923-06-14)14 June 1923
Port Fairy, Victoria
Died 4 November 2012(2012-11-04) (aged 89)
Original team Hawthorn CYMS (CYMSFA)
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–43, 1946–52 Hawthorn 109 (24)
1954 West Perth 17 (21)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1966 Hawthorn 18 (5–13–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter O'Donohue (14 June 1923 – 4 November 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.[1]

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. His time at Hawthorn was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.[2]

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[3] in the Murray Football League in 1955.[4] He led Deniliquin to the 1957 premiership playing as a half back flanker.[5][6]

O'Donohue was non playing coach of Northcote Football Club in the VFA from 1959 to 1961.[7] He also coached Northcote in 1969. He returned to Hawthorn in 1962 on their committee, then as their Reserves coach in 1965 and replaced Graham Arthur as senior coach in 1966.[8]

Peter went on to be a highly successful amateur coach in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), earning life membership of the VAFA in 2002.[9]

Honours and achievements

References

  1. ↑ "2012 - Vale - Peter O'Donohue". Hawthorn FC. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "World War II Roll: John O'Donohue". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ↑ "1954 - FOOTBALL COACH APPOINTED". The Pastoral Times (South Deniliquin, NSW : 1866 - 1963). 7 December 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "1954 - O'Donohue tor NSW". Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1955). 12 December 1954. p. 30. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "1957 - A GREAT DAY FOR DENILIQUIN". The Pastoral Times (South Deniliquin, NSW : 1866 - 1963). 24 September 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "1957 - Deniliquin Football Club Victory Dinner". The Pastoral Times (South Deniliquin, NSW : 1866 - 1963). 18 October 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "1958 - O'DONOHUE COACH OF NORTHCOTE". The Pastoral Times (South Deniliquin, NSW : 1866 - 1963). 5 December 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "1965 - Arthur dropped by Hawks, O'Donohue coach". Google. The Age. 15 December 1965. p. 20. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "2012 - Vale - PETER O'DONOHUE". VAFA. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2026.


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