The Irishman most AFL followers haven’t heard of!

[paddygunner]

Good read with plenty of events and players that many will remember.

A bit of luck and lots of hard work: how to build a life on the other side of the world
https://the42.ie/5521895

 

[the croucher]

Good read with plenty of events and players that many will remember.

A bit of luck and lots of hard work: how to build a life on the other side of the world
https://the42.ie/5521895

Marvellous pick up ! Very interesting read. Here is the National Archives of Australia record for the family's arrival too:

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sea...spx?Barcode=7307065&isAv=N Magee family 1952

...oh, and there is a surprise...
the immigration record gives his DOB as 10 October 1943, most footy sites have it as 13 October 1943.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Marvellous pick up ! Very interesting read. Here is the National Archives of Australia record for the family's arrival too:

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sea...spx?Barcode=7307065&isAv=N Magee family 1952

...oh, and there is a surprise...
the immigration record gives his DOB as 10 October 1943, most footy sites have it as 13 October 1943.

And these are his (incomplete) stats.

AFL Tables - Stuart Magee - Stats - Statistics

afltables.com

 

[Predator35]

What a great read.

Thanks paddygunner

 

[the croucher]

And these are his (incomplete) stats.

AFL Tables - Stuart Magee - Stats - Statistics

afltables.com

I notice that he received his first Brownlow votes in 1964...perhaps for this game when The Age named him best player for South Melb against Footscray: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uh0TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=15YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759,3073163