Michael Davitt Coghlan (28 December 1907 – 10 October 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.162.
Family The son of Michael Coghlan (-1956),Deaths: Coghlan, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 February 1956), p.19. and Annie Coghlan (-1940),Death Notices: Coghlan, The Herald, (Tuesday, 29 October 1940), p.14. Michael Davitt Coghlan was born at Coburg, Victoria on 28 December 1907.
His brother, Arthur Emmett "Bull" Coghlan (1902-1959), played VFl football for Geelong.
He married Patricia Genevieve O'Keefe (1907-1957) in 1938.
Military service He served with the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War.
Death He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria on 10 October 1964.Deaths: Coghlan, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1964), p.16.
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Victorian League Football 1928 — Fitzroy Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1928), p.45. W.A. Clearances, The (Adelaide) Advertiser and Register, (Friday, 17 April 1931), p.8. World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Lieutenant Michail (sic) Davitt Coghlan (256690), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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