Dan Moriarty (footballer, born 1875)

Dan Moriarty
Dan Moriarty
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Patrick Moriarty
Date of birth	18 August 1875
Date of death	26 August 1903 (aged 28)
Place of death	Jolimont
Original team(s)	Fitzroy Juniors
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Career highlights
	VFA premiership player 1895;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Daniel Patrick Moriarty (18 August 1875 – 26 August 1903) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Moriarty was killed by a freight train near Jolimont railway station in August 1903, eight days after his 28th birthday. The coroner's inquest determined that he probably died whilst suffering an epileptic fit.^[2]

Sources

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 629. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
↑ "Jolimont railway fatality". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1903. p. 19.

External links

Dan Moriarty's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Demon Wiki profile

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[1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 629. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "Jolimont railway fatality". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1903. p. 19.