Noel McMahen (30 October 1926 – 10 July 2022) was Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
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Full name |
Noel McMahen Siblings = Kenneth McMahen | ||
Date of birth | (1926-10-30)30 October 1926 | ||
Date of death | 10 July 2022(2022-07-10) (aged 95) | ||
Original team(s) | Mordialloc (VFA) | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
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Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1946–1956 | Melbourne | 175 (28) | |
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Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 4 | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1962–1964 | South Melbourne | 54 (9–45–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956. | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
He played in the Melbourne premiership teams in 1948, 1955 and 1956. He captained Melbourne in his last two years before taking on the captain-coach position of Rochester Football Club in the Bendigo Football League between 1957 and 1961, leading them to premierships in 1958 and 1959[2] and runners up in 1960 and 1961.
When he was appointed to coach South Melbourne in 1962 he became the first full-time VFL coach.[3] He coached South Melbourne for three years.
In 2000, Noel McMahen was selected in Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.
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Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL premiers | |
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Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
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Coach: Hughes |
Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL premiers | |
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Coach: Smith |
Melbourne Football Club 1956 VFL premiers | |
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Coach: Smith |
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Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans | |
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Italics denote caretaker coach |
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy · Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners | |
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1954 Sporting Life Team of the Year | |
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