John George Mulcahy (12 August 1876 – 12 August 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Jack Mulcahy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John George Mulcahy | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Clunes, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 12 August 1950 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Glen Iris, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Montague Juniors[1] | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1899 | Fitzroy | 2 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of John Stephen Mulcahy (1852-1932),[2] and Margaret Jane Mulcahy (1856-1930), née Roberts,[3] John George Mulcahy was born on 12 August 1876.
He married Edith Annie Merrifield (1877-1951) on 17 December 1902.[4][5] They had two children: John Merrifield Mulcahy (1904-1987) and Charles Edgar Mulcahy (1906-1986).
He died on 12 August 1950.[6]
Football edit
He was recruited from the Montague Football Club,[7] a team in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) — more generally referred to in the press of the day as the Victorian Junior Football Association — the competition from which the teams that formed the VFL's Reserve Grade competition were drawn in 1919.
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Fitzroy Premiers". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 March 1932), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Monday, 7 July 1930), p1.
- ^ Marriages: Mulcahy—Merrifield, The Age, (Saturday, 10 January 1903), p.5.
- ^ Deaths: Mulcahy, The Agus, (Wednesday 12 September 1951), p.14.
- ^ Deaths: Mulcahy, The Age, (Monday, 14 August 1950), p.2; p.10.
- ^ There had been a Montague Football Club, drawn from the South Melbourne district (cf. Montague railway station), that was competing in the pre-VFA days as early as 1872 (see, for instance: Sporting Notes, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 3 May 1872), p.3.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links edit
- Jack Mulcahy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Mulcahy at AustralianFootball.com
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