Jerry McAuliffe

Jerry McAuliffe
Personal information
Full name John Augustine McAuliffe
Date of birth (1909-08-27)27 August 1909
Place of birth Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Date of death 4 May 1959(1959-05-04) (aged 49)
Place of death Leeton, New South Wales
Original team(s) University Blacks (VAFA)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934 Hawthorn 10 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Augustine "Jerry" McAuliffe (27 August 1909 – 4 May 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

John Augustine McAuliffe was born at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 27 August 1909.

He married Ethel Dorothea Edna Dempsey (1909–1968) at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on 8 January 1938.[2][3]

Football

University Blacks (MAFA/VAFA)

In between 1928 and 1933 he played for the University Blacks in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)[broken anchor], later known as the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA)[broken anchor], and also a number of times for Melbourne University in its interstate matches with Adelaide University.[4] He was awarded a full blue for football in April 1929.[5]

Hawthorn (VFL)

He was cleared to Hawthorn from University Blacks on 16 May 1934.[6]

Leeton

McAuliffe coached Leeton Football Club to the 1935 premiership of the Kinloch Cup Competition.[7][8]

Dentist

He graduated Bachelor of Dental Science (B.D.Sc.) from the University of Melbourne on 18 September 1933;[9] and, upon arriving at Leeton, New South Wales, in 1935, "J.A. McAuliffe, L.D.S, B.D.Sc."[10] began to practise as a dentist at Wade Avenue Leeton.[11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 564. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Weddings: McAuliffe—Dempsey, The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, (Friday, 28 January 1938), p.6.
  3. ^ Deaths: McAuliffe, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Wednesday, 2 October 1968), p. 54.
  4. ^ Inter-Varsity Match, The Age, (Friday, 8 August 1930), p. 6.
  5. ^ Certificate for University Blues, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 6 April 1929), p. 3.
  6. ^ Many Permits Granted by League Committee, The Argus, (Thursday, 17 May 1934), p. 11.
  7. ^ "1935 - Aussie Rules. Grand Final match preview". Trove Newspapers. The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 9 August 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ^ "1935 - Aussie Rules. Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 13 August 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. ^ The University: Conferring of Degrees: Bachelor of Dental Science, The Age, (Tuesday, 19 September 1933), p. 14.
  10. ^ Licentiate in Dental Surgery.
  11. ^ Public Notice, The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, (Friday, 1 March 1935), p. 2.
  12. ^ His name appears in the Register of Dentists of the State of New South Wales for 1935, issued by the NSW Department of Public Health, on 8 February 1935, page 559 at "32 Collins-street, Melbourne"; and, then, at "Wade-avenue, Leeton", in the Register of Dentists of the State of New South Wales for 1936, issued by the NSW Department of Public Health, on 10 February 1936, at page 763.
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