Noel McMahen
Noel McMahen | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name |
Noel McMahen Siblings = Kenneth McMahen | ||
Date of birth | 30 October 1926 | ||
Original team(s) | Mordialloc (VFA) | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1946–1956 | Melbourne | 175 (28) | |
Representative team honours | |||
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. | |||
Career highlights | |||
| |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Noel McMahen (born 30 October 1926) is a former Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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[1] 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.[2] He coached South Melbourne for three years.
In 2000, Noel McMahen was selected in Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.
References[]
- ^ Mark Gullick (30 November 2009). "Noel McMahen: City superstar, country legend". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Football 1962, Herald-Sun, Melbourne, 1962, p. 83.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Noel McMahen. |
- Noel McMahen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Noel McMahen at AustralianFootball.com
Categories:
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Sydney Swans coaches
- Mordialloc Football Club players
- Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners
- Melbourne Football Club captains
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Rochester Football Club players
- 1926 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
- Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1920s birth stubs