Joe Hogan (footballer, born 1875)

For the Melbourne footballer, see Joe Hogan (footballer, born 1909).

Joe Hogan
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Daniel Hogan
Date of birth	(1875-11-17)17 November 1875
Place of birth	St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death	21 December 1943(1943-12-21) (aged 68)
Place of death	St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s)	"Collegians" (MJFA)
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1895-1896	St Kilda (VFA)	34 (4)
1897–1900, 1902-1906	St Kilda (VFL)	91 (11)
Total		125 (15)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Career highlights
Captain 1902
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Daniel Hogan (17 November 1875 – 21 December 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of merchant James Hogan (1831-1917),^[1][2] and Mary Hogan (-1900), née Thompson,^[3][4][5] Joseph Daniel Hogan was born at St Kilda on 17 November 1875.^[6]

He never married.

Education

   Amongst those who took "Honors" and secured degrees
at the annual "Commencement" of the Melbourne University
on Saturday was Mr. Joseph Daniel Hogan, younger eon of
Mr. James Hogan, of Hogan, Mooney and Co., Wine and
Spirit Merchants. This young gentleman has had a remark-
ably brilliant University career. Matriculating at the age of
twelve, he has passed through his various law courses
without the slightest trouble. He won the Supreme Court
Prize of 125 guineas, and qualified for admission to praotise
last December. On Saturday he took his degrees as Master
of Arts and Bachelor of Laws, and secured the University
prize of 60 guineas in the final honor examination in Law.
We congratulate Mr. Hogan upon his distinguished success,
and trust his future oareer at the "bar" will be equally as brilliant.
                    The Sportsman, 23 March 1897.^[7]

He was educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, and at the University of Melbourne, graduating Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) on 16 March 1985,^[8] Master of Arts (M.A.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) on 20 March 1897,^[9] and Master of Laws (LL.M.) on 16 March 1899.^[10]

Football

Recruited from the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)^{[broken anchor]} team "Collegians",^[11][12] Hogan was a centre half-back, regarded as one of the finest St Kilda players in their early VFL years, a period where the club was little more than a chopping block. In his career, St Kilda won 22 and drew 2 of the 125 matches he played in (18.4% success rate).

Due to the demands of his law practice he played just six matches in 1899–1900, and missed the entire 1901 season.^[13]

He was appointed captain in 1902, but the club lost all 17 matches that season.

Hogan was a ruckman and key position player, and upon his retirement was described by H. C. A. Harrison as one of the game's greatest players, particularly skilled for his high marking and ruck work.^[14]

Last match of 1904

Late in the final quarter — in what he thought (at the time) was to be his last match for St Kilda — playing against Carlton on an extremely windy day at Princes Park on 3 September 1904, when Carlton was so far in front that a loss was impossible, Hogan (one of St Kilda's best players on the day) took the ball from the backline and, moving down the ground, ran towards the St Kilda goal.

Carlton ruckman Fred Elliott, well aware that it was Hogan's last game, moved out of Hogan's way, allowing Hogan a free passage to the goals. Elliott was so eager to assist Hogan that he shouldered a team-mate, the Carlton half-back Billy Leeds, out of the way.

Hogan, now free to progress goalwards, got in range, and completely unimpeded, kicked for goal, but only managed a behind.^[15][16][17]

Legal career

He was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor on 3 May 1897,^[18] and for 45 years he worked in joint partnership with his brother, James Thompson Hogan (1873-1944), at Hogan and Hogan of Queen Street, Melbourne.^[19]

Death

He died in a St Kilda private hospital on 21 December 1943, and was buried at the St Kilda Cemetery.^[20][21][22]

See also

• The Footballers' Alphabet

Footnotes

1. Deaths: Hogan, The Argus, (Tuesday, 1 January 1918), p.1.
2. Obituary: Death of Mr. James Hogan (Messrs. Hogan, Mooney & Co.), The Advocate, (Saturday, 5 January 1918), p.26.
3. Marriages: Hogan—Thompson, The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 May 1862), p.4.
4. Deaths: Hogan, The Argus, (Monday, 14 May 1900), p.1.
5. Personal, Freeman's Journal, (Saturday, 26 May 1900), p7.
6. Births: Hogan, The Argus, (Saturday, 20 November 1875), p.1.
7. Trade Notes, The Sportsman, (Tuesday, 23 March 1897), p.8.
8. University of Melbourne: Annual Commencement: Conferring of Degrees, (Monday, 18 March 1895), p.6.
9. The University: Annual Commencement, (Monday, 22 March 1897), p.6.
10. Melbourne University: Annual Commencement, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 March 1899), p.34.
11. Football, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 May 1895), p.9.
12. In the early 1890s, although they were all ex-students of non-government schools, it was not obligatory that "Collegians" footballers were ex-students of Wesley College.
13. Holmesby & Main (2007).
14. System (19 September 1907). "Football - Past and Present". Punch. Melbourne, VIC. p. 13.
15. Carlton on their Mettle, The Argus, (Monday, 5 September 1904), p.7.
16. Carlton (16.11) beat St. Kilda (7.6), The Age, (Monday, 5 September 1904), p.8.
17. League Matches: Carlton (16.11) beat St. Kilda (7.6), The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday, 10 September 1904), p.5.
18. News of the Day, The Age, (Tuesday, 4 May 1897), p.5.
19. Notice of dissolution of Partnership at: Law Notices, The Argus, (Friday, 14 January 1944), p.11.
20. Old St. Kilda Footballer Ill, The Herald, (Thursday, 16 December 1943), p.10.
21. Deaths: Hogan, The Age, (Wednesday, 22 December 1943), p.6.
22. Obituary: Mr. J.D. Hogan, The Age, (Thursday, 23 December 1943), p.3.

References

• 'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
• Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
• Photograph: St. Kilda Football Team, Punch, (Thursday, 2 July 1903), p.17.

External links

• Joe Hogan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Joe Hogan at AustralianFootball.com