Researching Bryan Cosgrave
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The name Bryan means "Form of BRIAN - strong" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Bryan Cosgrave on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bryan Cosgrave and the Cosgrave Genealogy
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Bryan Cosgrave
Bryan Cosgrave (23 March 1903 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Fitzroy.
In the 1924 VFL season, Cosgrave played five games and kicked four goals for Fitzroy. It was his only season and he turned his attention to cricket. He was a right-handed batsman top order batsman and made 178 from his four first-class matches, with 100 of them coming in an innings against Tasmania at Hobart in 1931/32.
His son James played cricket with Victoria briefly in the 1956–57 season.
Source: Bryan Cosgrave, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cosgrave
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