Noel McMahen

Noel McMahen

Personal information
Full name	Noel McMahen
Date of birth	(1926-10-30) 30 October 1926
Original team(s)	Mordialloc (VFA)
Height / weight	184cm / 86kg
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
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

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 retiring in 1956.

When he was appointed to coach South Melbourne in 1962 he became the first full-time VFL coach.^[1] He coached South Melbourne for three years.

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

References

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

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

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

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

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

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 1935: Diggins 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 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 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–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

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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