Denis "Dinny" Heagney (13 April 1898 – 11 March 1942) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Heagney, in just his fourth league game, was a follower in Geelong's 1925 premiership team. He played in the opening two rounds of the

1926 VFL season The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 1 May to 9 October, comprising an 18-matc ...

but didn't appear in any more games for Geelong.AFL Tables: Denis Heagney
/ref> He died on 11 March 1942.'' The Argus'
"Former Footballer's Death"
12 March 1942, p. 4

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* * 1898 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players 1942 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1898-stub