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词条 Dinny McKay
释义

  1. Career

     VFA years  1897 VFL season 

  2. Death

  3. References

  4. External links

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| birth_place = Ballarat
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| death_place = Melbourne
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}}Denis "Dinny" McKay (23 November 1867 – 17 August 1897) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He played briefly with Richmond, in 1892 and 1893, but otherwise was with South Melbourne until their final VFA season in 1896. His sudden death during the 1897 VFL season was considered a severe loss to football.[2]

Career

VFA years

Born in 1867, McKay played originally for the South Ballarat Football Club.[3]

He began at South Melbourne in 1886 and became a leading member of the team.[4] Regarded as one of the best all-round players in the colony, McKay was a regular Victorian representative in intercolonial matches.[4]

A forward, he was the competition's leading goal-kicker in the 1888 VFA season, credited with either 49 or 50 goals depending on the source.[5] South Melbourne were premiers that season, the first of three successive premierships McKay was part of.[5]

In 1892 he went over to Richmond, but returned to South Melbourne after two seasons.[6][7]

In the 1896 VFA season he played in the premiership play-off against Collingwood, which is retrospectively treated as Victoria's first grand final. Collingwood won by one goal, and McKay with two goals was the game's only multiple goal-kicker.[8]

1897 VFL season

The following year, South Melbourne were a foundation club in the inaugural VFL season.[9]

McKay has the distinction of kicking South Melbourne's first VFL goal, which came late in the second quarter of their opening round loss to Melbourne at Lake Oval, with a snap shot at goal that bounced through.[3] In round seven, against Fitzroy, he kicked two goals in a game which finished in the VFL's first ever draw.[10] His 14 goals in 1897 included three on both matches against Carlton, and were enough to be South Melbourne's leading goal-kicker.[11]

As South Melbourne failed the make the finals, McKay's season ended in round 14, a one-point win over Fitzroy at Lake Oval on 7 August, which was his 14th VFL appearance, having not missed a game all year.[3]

Death

On 17 August 1897, at the age of 29, McKay died at Melbourne Hospital, where he had gone with an internal complaint.[4] He had suffered a burst appendix and died from peritonitis.[3] His death was not, as was believed for many years, the result of an on-field injury.[12]

His funeral was one of the largest to have been held in the South Melbourne area, attended by representatives from all of the league, VFA and leading junior clubs.[13] Nearly 150 vehicles were in the cortege and it was written that the funeral took close to 30 minutes to pass any given point.[13][14]

He had been married with two children, the eldest three and a half years old, the youngest 18 months.[15]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138626587 |title=Football Notes. |newspaper=The Australasian |location=Melbourne |date=21 August 1897 |page=19}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Main|first=Jim|authorlink=Jim Main|title=In The Blood: South Melbourne – Sydney Swans Football Club|publisher=Bas Publishing|location=Seaford, Victoria|isbn=9781921496011}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=it5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YZEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2324%2C6098329|title=Death of Well-Known Footballer|date=19 August 1897 |work=The Age |page=5 |location=Melbourne |accessdate=6 June 2015}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Fiddian|first=Marc|title=The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995|year=2013|publisher=Melbourne Sports Books|page=}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22769664 |title=Richmond—Tigers By Name and Nature. |newspaper=The Argus Week-End Magazine|location=Melbourne |date=6 August 1949 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=2|publisher=National Library of Australia}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108474023 |title=Football. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Vic. |date=5 May 1894 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/A+new+football+power+emerges+-+1896+VFA+Premiership+Play-Off%3A+Collingwood+vs.+South+Melbourne/64|title=A new football power emerges – 1896 VFA Premiership Play-Off: Collingwood vs. South Melbourne|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=6 June 2015}}
9. ^{{cite book|editor=Ross, John|title=100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL|publisher=Viking|location=Ringwood|year=1996|ISBN=0-670-86814-0|page=96}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9179469 |title=A Drawn Game. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=23 June 1897 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
11. ^{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}
12. ^{{cite book|last=Main|first=Jim|authorlink=Jim Main|title=AFL Record|volume=Round 4, 2010|chapter=Medical Advances: The Witto tragedy}}
13. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108482829 |title=Denis M'Kay's Funeral. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Vic. |date=28 August 1897 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
14. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9170425 |title=A Footballer's Funeral. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=23 August 1897 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
15. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108482808 |title=The Record. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Vic. |date=21 August 1897 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

External links

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