Mac Hill

Mac Hill
Mac Hill
Personal information
Full name	John McMahon "Mac" Hill
Date of birth	22 March 1925
Date of death	24 September 1995 (aged 70)
Original team(s)	Beechworth, Wangaratta Rovers, Wangaratta
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1950	Collingwood
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John McMahon "Mac" Hill (22 March 1925 – 24 September 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Originally from Beechworth where he won their 1947 best and fairest award, he then played in an Ovens & King Football League premiership with Wangaratta Rovers FC in 1948 & then played in an Ovens & Murray Football League premiership with Wangaratta FC in 1949, before playing with Collingwood in 1950.

He returned to play with Wangaratta Rovers in the early 1950s, before coaching from 1954 to 1958, including their 1955 Benallla & District Football League premiership. He also won the Benalla & District FL best & fairest Medal in 1957.

Hill served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1943 to 1946.^[2]

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "World War Two Service". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links[]

Mac Hill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Mac Hill at AustralianFootball.com
Jack Hill's profile at Collingwood Forever
1950's - Wangaratta Technical School staff photo

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "World War Two Service". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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