Eddie Drohan

Eddie Drohan
Eddie Drohan
	Drohan in 1906
Personal information
Full name	Edward Patrick Drohan
Date of birth	17 July 1876
Place of birth	Warrnambool, Victoria
Date of death	28 July 1938 (aged 62)
Place of death	Cheltenham, Victoria
Original team(s)	Fitzroy Juniors
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club
1898–1902	Fitzroy
1903–1908	Collingwood
Total
Coaching career
Years	Club
1910	Melbourne
1911	St Kilda
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Career highlights
	3× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899, 1903; Collingwood captain: 1908;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Patrick Drohan (17 July 1876 – 28 July 1938)^[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before becoming an umpire and a coach.

Football[edit]

Fitzroy (VFL)[edit]

Drohan made his debut for Fitzroy in 1898 and played in their premiership side that year and the following season. In both Grand Finals he played on a wing, the position he occupied for most of his career.

1899 team of "champions"[edit]

At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:

Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong).
Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne).
Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon).
Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne).
Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne).
Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong).
Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).

From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.^[4]

Collingwood (VFL)[edit]

Drohan crossed to Collingwood in 1903 and finished the season as a member of another premiership winning side, becoming the first person to play in a VFL/AFL premiership for two different sides.^[5]

Umpire and coach[edit]

After retiring in 1908 Drohan spent a couple of years as a field umpire before joining Melbourne as coach in 1910. He had little success, winning just four games for the season and in 1911 he was chosen to coach St Kilda. Again his side struggled, this time winning just two games. Later Drohan also acted as a goal umpire and a steward.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 28, 684. Melbourne, Australia. 29 July 1938. p. 8.
^ "Football Notes". The Australasian. Melbourne. 14 May 1898. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Eddie Drohan". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p. 6.
^ ^a ^b Atkinson, p. 95.

Sources[edit]

Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.

External links[edit]

Eddie Drohan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Eddie Drohan at AustralianFootball.com
Coaching record from AFL Tables

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[1] "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 28, 684. Melbourne, Australia. 29 July 1938. p. 8.

[2] "Football Notes". The Australasian. Melbourne. 14 May 1898. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Eddie Drohan". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[4] 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p. 6.

[atk-5] Atkinson, p. 95.

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VFL/AFL	1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1911–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1965: Smith 1965: Hughes 1965–1967: Smith 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–2016: Roos 2017–: Goodwin
AFL Women's	2017–: Stinear
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972, 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–2022: Ratten 2023–: Lyon
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022 (S6)–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Fitzroy Football Club 1898/99 VFL premiers
1898: Fitzroy 5.8 (38) defeated Essendon 3.5 (23), at the Junction Oval 1899: Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval
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