Noel McMahen

Noel John McMahen (30 October 1926 – 10 July 2022) was Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Noel McMahen
Personal information
Full name Noel JohnMcMahen
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)
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

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'.

References
  1. "Vale Noel McMahen". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. Mark Gullick (30 November 2009). "Noel McMahen: City superstar, country legend". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. Football 1962, Herald-Sun, Melbourne, 1962, p. 83.
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