John McMahon (Australian footballer, born 1935)

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John McMahon
Personal information
Full name John McMahon
Date of birth(1935-12-04)4 December 1935
Date of death 19 April 2002(2002-04-19) (aged 66)
Original team(s) Bairnsdale
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) ruckman
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1953–55 Geelong 36 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John McMahon was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

A tall ruckman from Bairnsdale, he was recruited as a 17-year-old in 1953. [2] He returned to his father's farm in Bairnsdale in 1956, after playing 36 games for Geelong in three seasons, [3] and continued to play for Bairnsdale Football Club in the Gippsland Football League. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 595. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ "McMahon Impresses Geelong Officials". The Argus . Melbourne. 20 March 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 19 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Sutton Tells Players — 'Don't joke about THIS practice'". The Argus . Melbourne. 12 March 1956. p. 13. Retrieved 19 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "The grand final all over again". The Argus . Melbourne. 13 April 1956. p. 23. Retrieved 19 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.

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