John McMahon (Australian footballer, born 1935)

John McMahon
John McMahon
Personal information
Full name	John McMahon
Date of birth	4 December 1935
Date of death	19 April 2002 (aged 66)
Original team(s)	Bairnsdale
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s)	ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
1953–55	Geelong
	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

^ 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.
^ "McMahon Impresses Geelong Officials". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 March 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 19 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "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.
^ "The grand final all over again". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 April 1956. p. 23. Retrieved 19 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.