Davitt Coghlan

Michael Davitt Coghlan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Michael Coghlan, and Annie Coghlan, Michael Davitt Coghlan was born at Coburg, Victoria on 28 December 1907.
His brother, Arthur Emmett "Bull" Coghlan, played VFl football for Geelong.
He married Patricia Genevieve O'Keefe 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.