Dave McNamara

Dave McNamara
Personal information
Full name David John McNamara
Nickname(s) Long Dave
Date of birth 22 January 1887
Place of birth Boosey
Date of death 15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 80)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) Cobram, Numurkah, Benalla
Debut 12 August 1905, St Kilda vs. South Melbourne, at Junction Oval
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905–1909; 1914–1915;
1918–1919; 1921–1923		 St Kilda 122 (187)
1909-1912 Essendon Association Football Club 71 (243)
Total 193 (430)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1914, 1922–1923 St Kilda 50 (22–26–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David John McNamara or M'Namara (22 January 1887 – 15 August 1967) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Michael McNamara (1844–1904),[1] and Mary Margaret Mcnamara (1851–1929), née Quinlan,[2] David John McNamara was born at Boosey, Victoria on 22 January 1887.

He married Florence Margaret Mary Dobson (1887–1962) in 1909.[3] They had two children: Neil David McNamara (1910–1965), and Beryl Mary McNamara (1912–1989).

Football

An exceptionally talented footballer, McNamara was a left-foot kick, 6 ft 4ins (193 cm.) tall, and had a finger-tip to finger-tip arm span of 6 ft 81⁄2 ins (204 cm.).[4]

Numurkah, Cobram, and Benalla

McNamara was a dominant, powerful player in the North East of Victoria, who began playing for Numurkah as a 15-year-old in 1902.

He later played with Cobram in 1904,[5] and Benalla in 1905,[6]

St Kilda (VFL)

McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward for most of his career.

He made his VFL debut in August, 1905 against South Melbourne Football Club.[7][8][9]

Essendon (VFA)

Apparently in an atmosphere of player unrest, McNamara — one of the four or five players who had been informed, in writing, that their services were no longer required at St Kilda — was cleared from St Kilda on 30 June 1909,[10][11][12][13] and he transferred to the Essendon Association Football Club half-way through the 1909 season, and played his first VFA match for Essendon, at centre half-forward, against Preston, on 3 July 1909.[14]

In the 1912 season, he kicked 107 goals. In one match, against Melbourne City, at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, on 20 July 1912, he kicked 18 goals (plus one kick that hit the post) from 38 attempts — 36 of which were from marks, and only two were from free-kicks.[15][16]

1913

On 14 April 1913, McNamara took possession of the Club Hotel, at 263 High Street (now known as St Kilda Road), at the corner of High Street and Charles Street, St Kilda.[17] and, although initially refusing his request,[18] Essendon granted his request (on the grounds of his purchase of the hotel) for a clearance (obviously, intended to be a clearance to St. Kilda), which was, according to McNamara's account, an agreed-upon condition of his original sign-on arrangement with the club.[19]

Having succeeded in obtaining a clearance from Essendon, he then made an application to the VFA for a clearance to St Kilda (his hotel was less than 1 km from the Junction Oval).

His application was considered, and it was refused on 16 April 1913. No grounds were given for the refusal, and McNamara announced his retirement from football.[20][21]

When McNamara requested that his case be re-opened and that additional evidence supporting his claims of a significant reduction in the business of his hotel if he were not to be playing for St Kilda be considered, his request was refused; and, when he appeared, in person, accompanied by his solicitor, at the location of the VFA committee's meeting on 23 April 1913, he was refused entry, and was (again without any reasons being given) told that his request for the VFA to re-examine the permit committee's decision had been refused.[22][23][24][25][26]

At the time, this decision was the subject of considerable controversy.[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

St Kilda (VFL)

Enthusiast's Letter to the Editor
The Herald, 21 Sept. 1934.[34]

Having stood out of VFA football for the entire 1913 season, the VFL granted McNamara a permit to return to playing with St Kilda on 1 April 1914;[35][36] it was a very welcome return, given that Ernie Sellars, the club's leading goal-kicker for the three preceding seasons (1911, 1912, and 1913), had transferred to West Australia to play with the East Perth Football Club.

In the match against Geelong, at the Junction Oval, on 9 September 1922, he scored 10 goals, 2 behinds (one of his kicks hit the post) from 12 attempts.[37]

Ormond Amateurs (MAFA)

Later played amateur football for Ormond Amateur Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) from 1924 to 1929.[38]

"Long Dave" McNamara

Renowned for the extreme distance, he routinely covered with both his place kicks and his drop kicks he was widely known as "Long Dave" McNamara.[39][40][41]

75 yards and 84 yards

On 19 May 1923, in his last VFL season, McNamara was best on the ground when St Kilda defeated Collingwood 10.9 (69) to 6.12 (48) at the Junction Oval. During the match, he kicked two (light-wind-assisted) long-distance goals with place kicks: one in the second quarter, and one in the last quarter. The two goals were later measured to have been kicked from 75 yards (69.6 metres) and 84 yards (76.8 metres) from goal, respectively;[42] and, based upon the reports that "when it passed through [the goals] the ball was high over the heads of the defenders",[43] there's no doubt that the first goal's kick covered far more than 75 yards.

93 yards

Also, during that same match, another of McNamara's place kicks for goal missed; this extraordinary kick was later (accurately) measured from its placement to the spot upon which it landed, and was found to be 93 yards (85 metres).[44] This is one of the longest recorded kick of a football in VFL history.[45][46]

"World record": 86 yards, 1 foot

While McNamara's long-distance kicks were extraordinary, and given that the majority of them were made during actual matches, it is clear that they were not made under the strictest competition performance and measurement conditions.[47][48]

On one occasion, however, his efforts were formally measured under the strictest competition conditions; and, on Thursday, 9 October 1913, he set what was, at the time, the "official" world place-kick record, at the Royal Launceston Show, kicking a distance of 86 yards 1 foot (79 metres).[49]

After football

St Klda Football Club

Served as a St Kilda committeeman, vice-president and later president.

Racehorse trainer

Following his retirement from football, McNamara established himself in a new career as a racehorse trainer, which he continued until about 1958. His period in the racing industry included serving as president with the Victorian Trainers' Association.

Death

He died on 15 August 1967, aged 80.[50][51]

Recognition

Australian Football Hall of Fame

In 1996, he was one of the inaugural inductees into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

St Kilda's Team of the century

In 2003, he was selected as the forward-pocket ruckman in the St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century.

St Kilda's Hall of Fame

In 2003, he was one of the inaugural inductees into the St Kilda Football Club's Hall of Fame.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Death of Mr Michael M'Namara, The Numurkah Leader, (Thursday, 11 February 1904), p.2.
  2. ^ Personal, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 23 July 1929), p.5.
  3. ^ Deaths: McNamara The Age 16 March 1962 page 15
  4. ^ Dave M'Namara: Will He Come Back Again?, The Herald, (Friday, 30 June 1922), p.3.
  5. ^ News from Around and About, The Cobram Courier, (Thursday, 3 August 1905), p.5.
  6. ^ Football, The Numurkah Leader, (Friday, 2 June 1905), p.5.
  7. ^ The Surprised South, The Argus, (Monday, 7 August 1905), p.3.
  8. ^ News from Round and About, The Cobram Courier, (Thursday, 10 August 1905), p.4.
  9. ^ Football, The Cobram Courier, (15 May 1924), p.3.
  10. ^ Football Dissensions: St. Kilda Players' Trouble: Committee Takes Strong Action, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 July 1909), p.7.
  11. ^ 'Markwell', "Football Notes: League Committee Meeting", The Australasian, (Saturday, 3 July 1909), p.23.
  12. ^ St. Kilda's Football Troubles: Best Players Leave, The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday, 3 July 1909), p.5.
  13. ^ Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 July 1909), p.5.
  14. ^ Essendon (12.19) beat Preston (5.6), The Age, (Monday, 5 July 1909), p.8.
  15. ^ Essendon (25.22) beat Melbourne City (4.7): A Goal Kicking Record, The Age, (Monday, 22 July 1912), p.7.
  16. ^ Goal-Kicking at Essendon: M'Namara's Record, The Argus, (Monday, 22 July 1912), p.5.
  17. ^ The hotel was demolished in the early 1970s when StKilda Road was significantly widened.
  18. ^ Migratory Footballers: Clearances Refused, The Argus, (Thursday, 10 April 1913), p.1.
  19. ^ Football Champion: Where Will He Play?: Essendon or St. Kilda, The Argus, (Wednesday, 16 April 1913), p.4.
  20. ^ Football: M'Namara Refused Permit, The Argus, (Thursday, 17 April 1913), p.6.
  21. ^ D. M'Namara's Application Refused, (Thursday, 17 April 1913), p.11.
  22. ^ The M'Namara Case, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 April 1913), p.5.
  23. ^ M'Namara Case, The Herald, (Friday, 23 May 1913), p.3.
  24. ^ Football: The McNamara Case: Application Finally Refused, The Argus, (Tuesday, 27 May 1913), p.4.
  25. ^ Football Disqualification: The Case of D. M'Namara, The Age, (Tuesday, 27 May 1913), p.15.
  26. ^ M'Namara, David, "The M'Namara Football Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Age, (Wednesday, 25 June 1913), p.14.
  27. ^ S.W.L(????), "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 May 1913), p.11.
  28. ^ Martyn, J., "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 May 1913), p.11.
  29. ^ 'Law and Order', "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 May 1913), p.11.
  30. ^ Clarke, T.F., "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Thursday, 8 May 1913), p.4.
  31. ^ 'Justice', "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Thursday, 8 May 1913), p.4.
  32. ^ 'M.F.G.', "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Thursday, 8 May 1913), p.4.
  33. ^ 'Law and Order', "M'Namara's Case" (Letter to the Editor), The Argus, (Friday, 9 May 1913), p.9.
  34. ^ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
  35. ^ Football: Victorian League, The Age, (Thursday, 2 April 1914), p.14
  36. ^ St.Kilda: Factor to be Reckoned With: M'Namara Coaches Team, The Herald, (Friday, 17 April 1914), p.3.
  37. ^ One-Sided Game at St. Kilda, The Argus, (Monday, 11 September 1922), p.5.
  38. ^ Dave McNamara Still Draws Big Crowds, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 27 July 1932), p.10.
  39. ^ Not Lost the Art: Dave McNamara's Ability: 87 Yards Place Kick, The (Perth) Daily News, (Thursday, 8 October 1931), p.2.
  40. ^ Richards, Laurie, "Sport Report: A Champion Kicks Again", The Herald, (Tuesday, 3 September 1950), p.18.
  41. ^ Sharland, W.S., "Why McNamara's Kicking Was Good", The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 9 September 1931), p.1.
  42. ^ McNamara's Great Kicking, The (Adelaide) Daily Herald, (Friday, 25 May 1923), p.7.
  43. ^ Fast and Fair: St. Kilda Beat Collingwood: McNamara's Remarkable Goals, The Argus, (Monday, 21 May 1923), p.14.
  44. ^ It is important to note that the standard-at-the-time reference, in the Melbourne press, to the Junction Oval as "The St. Kilda Cricket Ground", gradually changed in some places, to "a Melbourne Cricket Ground", and, from that, in some others, into "the Melbourne Cricket Ground" (i.e., not the "Junction Oval", but the "M.C.G."): for example: Football, The (Launceston) Daily Telegraph, (Thursday, 7 April 1927), p.8.
  45. ^ "Footballer who kicked a ball 93 yards!". Trove Newspapers. The Sun, Sydney, NSW. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  46. ^ de Lacy, H.A., Dave McNamara: Won fame with His Boot, The Sporting Globe, Saturday, 20 September 1941), p.5.
  47. ^ Riley, Michael, "The Longest Kick in Football History . . . . or not", Boyles Football Photos, Monday, 9 September 2013.
  48. ^ Some Noted Kickers of Past and Present: Many may be Great but Few are Good!", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 25 May 1935), p.7.
  49. ^ Launceston Show, The Age, (Friday, 10 October 1913), p.11.
  50. ^ Deaths: McNamara, The Age, (Wednesday, 16 August 1967), p.23.
  51. ^ Football's Greatest Kick Dies, The Age, (Wednesday, 16 August 1967), p.22.

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