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Australian rules footballer and coach (1926–2022)

Australian rules footballer

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 career
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)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
Career highlights
3× VFL premierships: 1948, 1955, 1956 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medallist: 1951 Melbourne captain: 1955–1956 Melbourne Team of the Century–half-back Melbourne Hall of Fame Sporting Life team of the year: 1954
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Noel John McMahen (30 October 1926 – 10 July 2022) was an 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 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. He coached South Melbourne for three years.

In 2000, Noel McMahen was selected in Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.

References

"Vale Noel McMahen". melbournefc.com.au. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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

Noel McMahen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Noel McMahen at AustralianFootball.com

v t e Melbourne Football Club · Team of the Century
Full-back	John Beckwith Tassie Johnson Don Cordner
Half-back	Noel McMahen Gary Hardeman Don Williams
Centre	Brian Dixon Allan La Fontaine Robert Flower
Half-forward	Hassa Mann Ivor Warne-Smith Garry Lyon
Full-forward	Jack Mueller Norm Smith Percy Beames
Ruck	Denis Cordner Ron Barassi (c) Stuart Spencer
Interchange	Frank Adams Albert Chadwick Wally Lock Laurie Mithen Jim Stynes Todd Viney
Emergencies	Stan Alves Ian Ridley Bob Johnson Greg Wells
Coach	Norm Smith

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL premiers
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
1. Denis Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Collins 4. Smith 5. Deans 6. Craddock 7. Jackson 11. Bowman 12. Mueller 13. Spittle 16. Bickford 21. Don Cordner (c) 22. McGrath 25. McLean 28. Dullard 29. Arnold 30. Rodda 31. Rule 32. Dockett 35. McMahen
Coach: Hughes

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL premiers
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Marquis 5. McLean 6. Adams 7. Case 11. Mithen 12. Spencer 14. T. Johnson 16. Laidlaw 17. McGivern 18. B. Johnson 24. Ridley 25. Williams 26. Clarke 28. Gleeson 30. Beckwith 31. Barassi 35. McMahen (c) 38. Melville
Coach: Smith

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1956 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Cordner 3. Marquis 6. Adams 8. Sandral 9. Dixon 11. Mithen 12. Spencer 14. T. Johnson 15. Webb 16. Laidlaw 18. B. Johnson 19. Carroll 24. Ridley 25. Williams 28. Gleeson 30. Beckwith 31. Barassi 34. Lane 35. McMahen (c) 38. Melville
Coach: Smith

v t e Captains of the Melbourne Football Club
Pre-VFA	1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863: Harrison/Woolley 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871: Harrison 1871: Goldsmith 1872–1873: Byrne 1874–1875: Goldsmith 1875: Forrester
VFA	1876–1879: Sillett 1880: Bennie 1881: Lamrock 1882: Rannard 1883: M. McKenzie 1884: John McDonald 1885: G. Aitken/Franks 1886: Morrison 1887: Kelly 1888: King 1889–1891: Fox 1892: W. Aitken 1892–1895: Fox 1895–1896: J. Wilson
VFL/AFL	1897–1898: Sutton 1899: Sholl 1900: D. Wardill 1901–1904: McClelland 1905: Langley 1906: Sowden 1907: Coutie 1908: Purse 1909: Nolan 1910–1911: Coutie 1912–1913: George 1914: Incigneri 1915: J. McKenzie 1919–1920: Heinz 1921–1923: P. Wilson 1924–1927: Chadwick 1928–1931: Warne-Smith 1932–1933: Vine 1934–1935: Niven 1936–1941: La Fontaine 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1947: N. Smith 1948–1949: Don Cordner 1950: McGrath 1951–1953: Denis Cordner 1954: Collins 1955–1956: McMahen 1957–1959: Beckwith 1960–1964: Barassi 1965–1969: Mann 1970: Johnson 1971–1972: Davis 1973–1976: Alves 1977–1978: Wells 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1987: Flower 1988–1990: Healy 1991–1997: Lyon 1998–1999: T. Viney 2000–2008: Neitz 2008: Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010: James McDonald 2011: Green 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove 2014: Grimes/Jones 2015–2016: Jones 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney 2020–: Gawn
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Pearce 2019: O'Dea/Scott 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce 2023– : Hore

v t e Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans
VFL/AFL	1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–2024: Longmire 2025–: Cox
AFLW	2022 (S7)–: Gowans
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy · Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners
1935: La Fontaine 1936: La Fontaine 1937: Mueller 1938: N. Smith 1939: Mueller 1940: Baggott 1941: La Fontaine 1942: La Fontaine 1943: Don Cordner 1944: N. Smith 1945: Fanning 1946: Mueller 1947: Lock 1948: Rodda 1949: Dockett 1950: Denis Cordner 1951: McMahen 1952: McGivern 1953: Melville 1954: Denis Cordner 1955: Spencer 1956: Spencer 1957: Beckwith 1958: Mithen 1959: Mithen 1960: Dixon 1961: Barassi 1962: Mann 1963: Mann 1964: Barassi 1965: Townsend 1966: Leahy 1967: Mann 1968: Groom 1969: Townsend 1970: Davis 1971: Wells 1972: Alves 1973: Ditterich 1974: Alves 1975: Fowler 1976: Wells 1977: Flower 1978: Baker 1979: Fowler 1980: Fowler 1981: S. Smith 1982: Icke 1983: Johnson 1984: Gerard Healy 1985: Hughes 1986: Greg Healy 1987: Stretch 1988: O'Dwyer 1989: Johnson 1990: Lyon 1991: Stynes 1992: Lovett 1993: T. Viney 1994: Lyon 1995: Stynes 1996: Stynes 1997: Stynes 1998: T. Viney 1999: Schwarz 2000: Woewodin 2001: Yze 2002: Neitz 2003: Robertson 2004: White 2005: Johnstone 2006: McDonald 2007: McDonald 2008: Bruce 2009: Davey 2010: Green 2011: Moloney 2012: Jones 2013: Jones 2014: Jones 2015: Vince 2016: J. Viney 2017: Oliver 2018: Gawn 2019: Gawn/Oliver 2020: Petracca 2021: Oliver 2022: Oliver 2023: Petracca 2024: Viney

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy · Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners

1935: La Fontaine
1936: La Fontaine
1937: Mueller
1938: N. Smith
1939: Mueller
1940: Baggott
1941: La Fontaine
1942: La Fontaine
1943: Don Cordner
1944: N. Smith
1945: Fanning
1946: Mueller
1947: Lock
1948: Rodda
1949: Dockett
1950: Denis Cordner
1951: McMahen
1952: McGivern
1953: Melville
1954: Denis Cordner
1955: Spencer
1956: Spencer
1957: Beckwith
1958: Mithen
1959: Mithen
1960: Dixon
1961: Barassi
1962: Mann
1963: Mann
1964: Barassi
1965: Townsend
1966: Leahy
1967: Mann
1968: Groom
1969: Townsend
1970: Davis
1971: Wells
1972: Alves
1973: Ditterich
1974: Alves
1975: Fowler
1976: Wells
1977: Flower
1978: Baker
1979: Fowler
1980: Fowler
1981: S. Smith
1982: Icke
1983: Johnson
1984: Gerard Healy
1985: Hughes
1986: Greg Healy
1987: Stretch
1988: O'Dwyer
1989: Johnson
1990: Lyon
1991: Stynes
1992: Lovett
1993: T. Viney
1994: Lyon
1995: Stynes
1996: Stynes
1997: Stynes
1998: T. Viney
1999: Schwarz
2000: Woewodin
2001: Yze
2002: Neitz
2003: Robertson
2004: White
2005: Johnstone
2006: McDonald
2007: McDonald
2008: Bruce
2009: Davey
2010: Green
2011: Moloney
2012: Jones
2013: Jones
2014: Jones
2015: Vince
2016: J. Viney
2017: Oliver
2018: Gawn
2019: Gawn/Oliver
2020: Petracca
2021: Oliver
2022: Oliver
2023: Petracca
2024: Viney

v t e 1954 Sporting Life Team of the Year
Defenders Wally Donald (Footscray) Ken Caporn (Claremont) John Marriott (Norwood) Noel McMahen (Melbourne) Laurie Kettlewell (Subiaco) Jim Gallagher (Footscray)
Midfielders Jack Lynch (West Adelaide) Ted Whitten (Footscray) Keith Harper (Perth)
Forwards Jim Deane (Richmond) John Brady (North Melbourne) Bob Rose (Collingwood) Neil Mann (Collingwood) Jack Collins (Footscray) Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

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