Jack Mulcahy (footballer) explained

John George Mulcahy (12 August 1876 – 12 August 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of John Stephen Mulcahy (1852-1932),^[2] and Margaret Jane Mulcahy (1856-1930), née Roberts,^[3] John George Mulcahy was born on 12 August 1876.

He married Edith Annie Merrifield (1877-1951) on 17 December 1902.^{[4] [5]} They had two children: John Merrifield Mulcahy (1904-1987) and Charles Edgar Mulcahy (1906-1986).

He died on 12 August 1950.^[6]

Football

Mulcahy was recruited from Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) club Montague.^[7] The MJFA, also known as the Victorian Junior Football Association, was the competition from which the teams that formed the VFL's Reserve Grade competition were drawn in 1919.

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Notes and References

1. News: Fitzroy Premiers. . . Melbourne, Vic. . 14 August 1899 . 12 June 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4443860 Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 March 1932), p.1.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4097875 Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Monday, 7 July 1930), p1.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197911780 Marriages: Mulcahy—Merrifield, The Age, (Saturday, 10 January 1903), p.5.
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23079340 Deaths: Mulcahy, The Agus, (Wednesday 12 September 1951), p.14.
6. Deaths: Mulcahy, The Age, (Monday, 14 August 1950), p.2; p.10.
7. There had been a Montague Football Club, drawn from the South Melbourne district (cf. Montague railway station), that was competing in the pre-VFA days as early as 1872 (see, for instance: Sporting Notes, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 3 May 1872), p.3.