Joe Fogarty

Joseph Patrick Fogarty (24 December 1885 – 28 June 1954), MC, OBE, M.B.B.S. (Melbourne), is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Essendon and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is one of four Fogarty brothers that played senior VFL football. He also served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I, eventually attaining the rank of Major.

Joe Fogarty
Personal information
Full name Joseph Patrick Fogarty
Date of birth (1885-12-24)24 December 1885
Place of birth Hotham, Victoria
Date of death 28 June 1954(1954-06-28) (aged 68)
Place of death Armadale, Victoria
Original team(s) South Yarra Amateur FC (MJFA)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 South Melbourne 09 (5)
1906 Essendon 02 (3)
1908 University 05 (1)
Total 16 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

One of the twelve children of the wealthy wine merchant and former Mayor of Hotham (now known as "North Melbourne") Thomas Fogarty (1836–1900),[1][2][3] and Cecilia Mary Fogarty (1854–1933), née Cullen,[4][5] Joe Fogarty was born on 24 December 1885 in Hotham, Victoria.[6]

He married Gladys Willshear (1890–1979), at Brompton Oratory, in England, on 24 December 1916;[7] they had no children.

Medical Officer Captain J.P. Fogarty (centre)
vaccinating Australian soldiers against cholera, in Egypt, August 1915, prior to them leaving for Gallipoli.

Education

Educated at Christian Brothers' College (Parade), East Melbourne, and then at St Patrick's College, Ballarat as a boarder (he was dux of the College in 1901).[8][9]

He was admitted to Ormond College in 1903. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, and graduated as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 10 June 1912.[10][11][12]

During his time at the university he was awarded a full blue in football and in rowing (in 1906).[13][14][15]

Footballer

Including Joe, four of the six Fogarty brothers played VFL football: Thomas Bernard "Tom" Fogarty (1878–1922), played for St Kilda, South Melbourne, and University for a total of 95 games,[16] John Joseph Fogarty (1882–1952), played a single game for South Melbourne in 1902,[17] and Andrew Christopher "Chris" Fogarty (1884–1915), played for Essendon and University for a total of 28 games.[18]

Joe's nephew, Thomas Bernard Fogarty (1909–1984), son of his brother Tom, played 13 senior VFL games for St Kilda.[19]

University of Melbourne (inter-collegial and inter-varsity)

During his time at Melbourne University, he also played for Ormond College in inter-collegial matches,[20] and for the University of Melbourne in its annual matches against the University of Adelaide.[21][22][23]

South Melbourne (VFL)

Recruited from the South Yarra Amateur Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA), he played his first VFL match for South Melbourne, on the half-forward flank, alongside his brother, Tom, in the ruck, against Geelong, at the Lake Oval, on 1 July 1905: .[24]

Essendon (VFL)

Both Joe and his brother Chris played their only two VFL matches for Essendon,[25] against Geelong, at the Corio Oval, on 8 September 1906, and against Fitzroy at the MCG, on 15 September 1906.

University (VFL)

Granted a clearance from Essendon on 29 April 1908,[26] he played in the 1908 season's first five games for the University of Melbourne's VFL team. His last VFL match was against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 30 May 1908.[27][28] He was unable to continue due to a knee injury.[29]

Military service

Enlisting in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 26 March 1915, Fogarty served in the Middle East and France with the 21st Battalion during World War I. On his way to the Dardanelles, his transport ship, the Southport, was torpedoed.[30]

He was appointed Captain on his enlistment, and was promoted to Major on 27 April 1917. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery at Pozières in July 1916, and was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for valuable special services during the war in December 1919.[31][32]

Medical practitioner

He was registered as a Medical Practitioner in Victoria on 13 June 1912 (Reg. no.2872); and, having returned from military service, he conducted his medical practice from 114 Barkers Road, Hawthorn, Victoria.[33][34] He retired from his general practice in 1949 and became a specialist, practising from 61 Collins Street.[35][36][37]

Death

He died at a privare hospital Armadale, Victoria on 28 June 1954.[38][39]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Deaths: Fogarty, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 November 1900), p.3.
  2. Passed Away: Cr. Thomas Fogarty, The Herald, (Wednesday, 14 November 1900), p.4.
  3. A Big Estate, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 8 December 1900), p.8.
  4. Fogarty—Cullen, The Age, (Saturday, 11 July 1874), p.4.
  5. Deaths: Fogarty, The Age, (Tuesday, 28 March 1933), p.1.
  6. Births: Fogarty, The Argus, (Thursday, 31 December 1885), p.1.
  7. Service record, p.19.
  8. Joseph "Joe" Patrick Fogarty, St Patrick's College, Tuesday, 23 June 2015.
  9. St. Patrick's College: Annual Distribution of Prizes: Prize List: Matriculation Class, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 12 December 1901), p.1.
  10. University of Melbourne: Degrees to be Conferred, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 10 June 1912), p.4.
  11. University of Melbourne: Degrees Conferred, The Argus, (Tuesday, 11 June 1912), p.9.
  12. Degrees Conferred, 1911-12: 10 June 1912, The Melbourne University Calendar 1913, University of Melbourne, (Carlton), 1913, pp.777, 778.
  13. Roll of Service Overseas 1914–1918: Roll of the Returned, Record of Active Service of Teachers, Graduates, Undergraduates, Officers and Servants in the European War, 1914–1918, University of Melbourne, (Melbourne), 1926, p.129.
  14. Appendix XI: MUBC Blues Awards, p.300 in Buckrich, Judith, Well Rowed University: Melbourne University Boat Club: The First 150 Years, Melbourne University Boat Club Inc., 2009.
  15. Interstate Eight-Oar Race: Melbourne University Crew, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 4 June 1903), p.23.
  16. AFL Statistics: Tom Fogarty.
  17. AFL Statistics: John Fogarty.
  18. AFL Statistics: Chris Fogarty.
  19. AFL Statistics: Tom Fogarty.
  20. Football: Inter-Collegiate Match: Trinity v. Ormond, The Herald, (Tuesday, 2 July 1907), p.6.
  21. Football: Inter-Varsity Match: Adelaide v. Melbourne, The Age, (Friday, 8 September 1905), p.8.
  22. Football: Melbourne University v. Adelaide University, The (Adelaide) Evening Journal, (Thursday, 9 August 1906), p.3.
  23. Football: Melbourne University v. Adelaide University: Melbourne Players, The Observer, (Saturday, 18 August 1906), p.27.
  24. Geelong (6.7) Beat South Melbourne (4.5), The Age, (Monday, 3 July 1905), p.9.
  25. At that time Essendon's home ground and training ground was at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, and not Windy Hill.
  26. Football: Permit Applications, The Argus, (Thursday, 30 April 1908), p.6.
  27. The University Football Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 30 May 1908), p.27.
  28. The University Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 30 May 1908), p.25.
  29. Inter-Collegiate Football, The Age, (Thursday, 25 June 1908), p.9.
  30. Main and Allen (2002), p.66.
  31. Military Honours, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 February 1920), p.22.
  32. Solicitor Accepted: Fifth of Family to Serve, The Herald, (Thursday, 19 July 1917), p.16.
  33. See, for example, Register of Medical Practitioners for 1949, Victoria Government Gazette, No.47, (Friday, 28 January 1949), p.617.
  34. Patient Treated by Lamplight: Might have Bled to Death, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Saturday, 9 July 1938), p.7.
  35. Special Advertisements, The Age, (Saturday, 5 November 1949), p.2.
  36. Obituary, The Age, (Wednesday, 30 June 1954), p.2.
  37. See, for example, Register of Medical Practitioners for 1953, Victoria Government Gazette, No.21, (Friday, 30 January 1953), p.327.
  38. Deaths: Fogarty, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 June 1954), p.11.
  39. Of General Interest, The Advocate, (Thursday, 15 July 1954), p.2.

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