Cornelius Joseph "Con" McCormack (25 December 1877 – 8 September 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2007).Collingwood Forever.
Family The son of John McCormack (1837–1892),Deaths: McCormack, The Leader, (Saturday, 10 December 1892), p.44. and Susannah McCormack (1843–1927), née Casey,Deaths: McCormack, The Age, (Monday, 7 November 1927), p. 1. Cornelius Joseph McCormack was born at Ballarat, Victoria on 25 December 1877.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.225/1878.
He married Amelia Sarah Burrell (1880–1959), in Melbourne, on 3 March 1903.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.1674/1903.Deaths: McCormack, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 17 February 1959), p. 30. They had five children; two girls and three boys (one of whom died in his infancy). Both of his surviving sons, John Charles "Jack" McCormack (1904–1996) and Eric Rowland McCormack (1905–1997), played First Grade rugby league football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) competition.
Football A centreman, McCormack was a premiership player in each of his two seasons at Collingwood. He experienced just three losses from his 31 games and in 1904 moved to Western Australia where he continued his football career.One who has travelled, The Referee, (Wednesday, 9 September 1908), p. 9.
Death He died at Sutherland, New South Wales on 8 September 1940.Deaths: McCormack, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 10 September 1940), p.8.
Notes
References Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
Con McCormack, at Collingwood Forever. E.G. (Con) McCormack, at New South Wales Australian Football History Society.