Maurie Mahony

Maurie Mahony
Personal information
Full name Maurice Charles Leo Mahony
Date of birth (1906-10-16)16 October 1906
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 31 August 2000(2000-08-31) (aged 93)
Original team(s) Elsternwick
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929 Hawthorn 10 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maurie Mahony (16 October 1906 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In 1930, Mahony was appointed as captain-coach of the Hamilton Football Club[2] and lead them to the premiership of the Western District Football Association, kicking eight goals in the grand final[3] and he also kicked 90 goals for the year.[4]

Mahony coached Myrtleford Football Club in 1933,[5] in which they lost the Ovens & King Football League grand final to Moyhu.[6]

Mahony was captain-coach of the Coolamon Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1934[7] and shared the league best and fairest award.[8]

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. 544. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1930 - Mahony, Hamilton's Coach". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 12 March 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "1930 - Hamilton Premiers". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 1 November 1930. p. 67. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ^ "1930 - HAWTHORN TO MAKE BOLD BID FOR SEASON'S HONORS". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 11 April 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. ^ "1947 - Ovens & King District". The Age. 8 September 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. ^ "1933 - Myrtleford Defeated". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 15 September 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Coolamon's Football Coach". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 24 April 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  8. ^ "1935 - SWDFL Annual Report". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 9 April 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 30 December 2022.


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