Reg McGillicuddy

Reginald Patrick MacGillicuddy (24 July 1891 – 26 January 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League in 1911.

Reg MacGillicuddy was the son of Irish-catholic parents, Dr Daniel Florance MacGillicuddy and Mary Anne Meaney, who lived in Richmond, in Melbourne's inner east. He attended Xavier College where he excelled at rowing, cricket and football. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and while in his first year he made two VFL appearances with the University team.

Following his graduation from Medical School, Dr McGillicuddy enlisted in World War I and served as captain in the AAMC Hospital Transport Corps at Suez Canal in 1917–18 as part of the Sinai and Palestine campaign but was discharged due to chronic cough.

Upon his return from war he married stage performer Goodie Reeve and moved to Queensland, where he died in Cunnamulla in 1922, aged 30, leaving a widow and small child.