Robert McMahon (footballer)

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Robert McMahon
Personal information
Full name Robert McMahon
Date of birth (1977-07-28) 28 July 1977 (age 47)
Original team(s) Gippsland U18s, (TAC Cup)
Draft

Fitzroy: No. 6, 1994 AFL Draft

Hawthorn: No. 51, 1996 AFL Draft
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1996 Fitzroy 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert McMahon (born 28 July 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1996. [1] He was recruited from the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup with the 6th selection in the 1994 AFL Draft. When Fitzroy's AFL operations were taken over by the Brisbane Bears at the end of the 1996 AFL season, McMahon was not one of the eight players selected by Brisbane and he instead entered the 1996 AFL Draft, where he was selected by Hawthorn with the 51st selection. Despite playing well for the Hawthorn reserves side, he was never selected to play another AFL game. [2]

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References

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 438. ISBN   1-74095-001-1 .
  2. Hanlon, Peter (19 November 2008). "F... for Fitzroy".