Reg McGillicuddy

Reginald Patrick MacGillicuddy (24 July 1891 – 26 January 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League in 1911.[1]

Reg McGillicuddy
Personal information
Full name Reginald Patrick MacGillicuddy
Date of birth (1891-07-24)24 July 1891
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 26 January 1922(1922-01-26) (aged 30)
Place of death Brisbane
Original team(s) Xavier College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 University 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reg MacGillicuddy was the son of Irish-catholic parents, Dr Daniel Florance MacGillicuddy and Mary Anne Meaney, who lived in Richmond, in Melbourne's inner east. He attended Xavier College where he excelled at rowing, cricket and football.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and while in his first year he made two VFL appearances with the University team.

He enlisted in World War I and served as captain in the AAMC Hospital Transport Corps at Suez Canal in 1917–18 but was discharged due to chronic cough.[3] Upon his return from war he married stage performer Goodie Reeve and moved to Brisbane, but died in 1922, aged 30.[4]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 537. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "WEEKLY JOTTINGS". The Australasian. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 24.
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
  4. "Social Gossip". The Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW. 17 February 1922. p. 2.


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