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),Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 March 1932), p.1. and Margaret Jane Mulcahy (1856-1930), née Roberts,Deaths: Mulcahy, The Argus, (Monday, 7 July 1930), p1. John George Mulcahy was born on 12 August 1876.
He married Edith Annie Merrifield (1877-1951) on 17 December 1902.Marriages: Mulcahy—Merrifield, The Age, (Saturday, 10 January 1903), p.5.Deaths: Mulcahy, The Agus, (Wednesday 12 September 1951), p.14. They had two children: John Merrifield Mulcahy (1904-1987) and Charles Edgar Mulcahy (1906-1986).
He died on 12 August 1950.Deaths: Mulcahy, The Age, (Monday, 14 August 1950), p.2; p.10.
Football Mulcahy was recruited from Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) club Montague.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. 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.
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References Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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