Noel Mugavin (1978 - 1981)

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http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7392/noelmugavin.jpg

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Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Mugavin)

Noel Mugavin (born 28 June 1956 in Warrnambool) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his short but bright career with Fitzroy and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Due to suffering a terrible back injury in 1982 Noel retired and never played in the VFL again.
His nephew is Brisbane Lions centre half forward Jonathan Brown.

Statistics (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/N/Noel_Mugavin.html)

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Number 35 (http://www.lions.com.au/tabid/5085/default.aspx?newsid=109987)

Michael RISCHITELLI (Lions) - 111
Stan WRIGHT (Fitzroy) - 77
Jack MILLEN (Fitzroy) - 60
Craig McGRATH (Fitzroy) - 58
Noel MUGAVIN (Fitzroy) - 41
Brett COOK (Fitzroy) - 25
Mark ATHORN (Fitzroy) - 21
Norm BROWN (Fitzroy) - 21
Chris SMITH (Fitzroy) - 21
Jason AKERMANIS (Bears) - 17
Ken JUDGE (Bears) - 17
Bob HODGKIN (Fitzroy) - 17
Doug NICHOLLS (Fitzroy) - 14
Fred HEINTZ (Fitzroy) - 14
Graham GOTCH (Fitzroy) - 13
Nick TRASK (Bears/Lions) - 12
Peter WORSFOLD (Bears) - 10
Gavin KEANE (Bears) - 7
Jeff PATTERSON (Fitzroy) - 7
Kevin MITCHELL (Fitzroy) - 6
Shane MORRISON (Lions) - 5
Ron G. SMITH (Lions) - 5
Roy McDOUGALL (Fitzroy) - 3
Colin DAVEY (Fitzroy) - 3
Ryan LESTER (Lions) - 3*
Len BLACKLEY (Fitzroy) - 2
Reg CARR (Fitzroy) - 2
Reg MILBURN (Fitzroy) - 2
Bill J. SMITH (Fitzroy) - 2
Keith WEBB (Fitzroy) - 2
Andrew MERRYWEATHER (Fitzroy) - 1
Neil O'REILLY (Fitzroy) - 1
Doug PARKS (Fitzroy) - 1

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footyinfo (http://footyinfo.net/player/display/10165)

Full name Noel Mugavin
Born June 28, 1956
Teams Fitzroy 1978-81, Richmond 1982-83
Height 188cm
Weight 86kg
Debut Hawthorn vs Fitzroy (http://afl.allthestats.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160&catid=34&Itemid=56&qry=1&match=8274) (Round 5, Princes Park, 29 April 1978)

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South Warrnambool Football Netball Club (http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-6167-80603-0-0&sID=136086&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=8990900&sectionID=136086)

But the clubs best sustained success came in the early 1990s in teams coached by former Fitzroy and Richmond backman Noel Mugavin.

koroit (http://aussierules.australianrules.com.au/2004stories/mifsudkoroit.html)

Mifsud played for Koroit for three years before taking over from former Fitzroy wingman Noel Mugavin as the playing-coach in 1999.

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Lion fan's lament a sign of the times (http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/lion-fans-lament-a-sign-of-the-times/2006/06/01/1148956482871.html?page=fullpage)
Geoff McClure
June 2, 2006

IT WAS one of the enduring memories of the 2003 grand final (and one that will stick in the craw of Collingwood fans for a long time), of the Brisbane Lions fan proudly display the huge "Game Over Joffa" placard as the Lions rocketed to a 50-point win. Well, it's been back on our radar this week when, with some minor adjustments to the wording, it was used as our cover shot looking ahead to tomorrow night's big Magpies-Lions clash at the MCG.

But wait, there's more to this photograph than we ever knew. You see, we now discover that the young bloke holding the sign is a then 16-year-old named Ben Mugavin, son of former Fitzroy and Richmond player Noel Mugavin and cousin of Brisbane champion Jonathan Brown. Which is probably of no great significance — but this is. Ben, it turns out, is a promising player himself, with the irony being that this year he was picked up by Williamstown, the VFL affiliate of … Collingwood!

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Ben Mugavin holds that banner up at the MCG on Grand Final day in 2003.

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My worst Fitzroy team 1978-1996 (http://www.afl-discussions.info/en/BWJvIXt)

B: Frank Bizzotto Terry O'Neill Daryl Cox
HB: Dean Lupson Jamie Bond Tom Kavanagh
C: Wayne Lamb Mark "Mick" Dwyer Michael Coates
HF: Jason Ramsay Brad Edwards David Donato
F: Michael Nettlefold David O'Connell Tony Spassopoulos
R: Graeme Williamson Noel Mugavin (C)
R: Andrew Cross
I: Paul Tilley Brent Frewin Nigel Palfreyman
Nick Beardsley Andrew Cavedon Brett Cook
E: Brad Davis John Blair Mark Eaves
Mark Trewella Peter Bird Phil Early

Discussion thread (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=886978)

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Full back has to be Peter McCormack played half a game against Collingwood at Vic Park in the mid 80's and from memory BT kicked about 6 on him.

Could never have Mugavin in the side, I used to have the famous 35 on my jumper. Although I rekon his best ever game was against us at VFL park.