Maurie Sheehy

Maurie Sheehy
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Full name	Maurice Sheehy
Date of birth	June 12, 1893
Original team	Northcote District
Height/Weight	175 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914, 1916-22	Collingwood	110 (22)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1922 season .

Maurie Sheehy (born June 12, 1893) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sheehy began his career at Collingwood in 1914 but after just two games crossed to Fairfield where he spent the 1915 football season. The Northcote District recruit returned to Collingwood the following year and went on to appear in four Grand Finals. A back pocket in their 1919 premiership team, Sheehy also participated in the club's losing 1918, 1920 and 1922 Grand Final sides.

Maurice Sheehy was also active politically. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1911 and remained a member until 1955 when he left and joined Anti-Communist Labor (The Democratic Labor Party.) Maurice was elected to the Victorian State Legislative Council for the seat of Melbourne in June 1952 and served until his defeat in June 1958. Maurice also contested the Federal seat of Kooyong as the Australian Labor Party candidate in 1951, losing to the incumbent Robert Menzies. Other positions held by Maurice Sheehy include member of the Richmond Girls' Secondary School Council, Richmond city councillor 1934-1956 and Mayor 1941-1942 and 1951-1952. Maurice was a Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Commissioner from 1950 until 1956.

References

• Maurie Sheehy's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

re-member - a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851 http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/

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Name	Sheehy, Maurie
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