Joe Canavan

Joe Canavan
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Canavan
Date of birth	(1880-11-04)4 November 1880
Date of death	10 January 1924(1924-01-10) (aged 43)
Place of death	Wentworth, New South Wales
Original team(s)	South Bendigo
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1903	South Melbourne	08 0(7)
1907	Melbourne	09 0(4)
Total		17 (11)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Canavan (4 November 1880 – 10 January 1924) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

He drowned in Rufus Creek near Wentworth, New South Wales in 1924.[2]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "DROWNED IN RUFUS CREEK". Barrier Miner. Vol. XXXVI, no. 10, 962. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1924. p. 1.

References

• South Melbourne Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 4 June 1903), p.16.

External links

• Joe Canavan's playing statistics from AFL Tables