- Dave McNamara
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Dave McNamara Personal information Birth 22 January 1887, Boosey, near Yarrawonga Recruited from Benalla Height and weight 193 cm / 89 kg Death 15 August 1967Caulfield (aged 80),Playing career¹ Debut 12 August 1905, St Kilda v.
South Melbourne, at Junction OvalTeam(s) St Kilda (1905–1908, 1914–1915, 1918–1919, 1921–1923)
122 games
Coaching career¹ Team(s) St Kilda 1922–1923
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season Career highlights - Champion of the Colony 1907 1914
- Club captain 1923
David J. "Dave" McNamara was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward.
Lured to the Essendon Association side in 1909 (kicking 107 goals in the 1912 season) he resumed with St Kilda in 1914.
Possibly the longest kick of a football in history, one kick said to have travelled 94.5 m.
Later played amateur football for Ormond Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Served as a St Kilda committeeman, vice-president and later president.
Following his retirement from football, McNamara established himself in a new career as a racehorse trainer, which he continued until about 1958. His period in the racing industry included serving as president with the Victorian Trainers' Association.
McNamara was inducted into the St Kilda Hall of Fame in 2003. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
External links
- Saints honour roll
- Football profile from FullPointsFooty.
- Australian Dictionary of Biography: McNamara, David John (1887–1967)
- David John "Long Dave" McNamara (1887–1967) Gravesite at Brighton General Cemetery (Vic)
- AFL Player Statistics (Round by Round): St Kilda Football Club 1905
St Kilda Football Club • Leading Goalkickers 1897: R. Stewart/Ahern • 1898: A. Stewart • 1899: A. Stewart • 1900: Sutherland • 1901: Sandford • 1902: Baker • 1903: Baker • 1904: Baker • 1905: Baker • 1906: McNamara • 1907: McNamara/J. Stewart • 1908: J. Stewart • 1909: Barwick • 1910: Thomas • 1911: Sellars • 1912: Sellars • 1913: Sellars • 1914: McNamara • 1915: Moyes • 1916: McNamara/Boyd • 1919: James • 1920: James • 1921: Moyes • 1922: Moyes • 1923: Moyes • 1924: James • 1925: Shelton • 1926: Shelton • 1927: Shelton • 1928: Smedley • 1929: Mohr • 1930: Mohr • 1931: Mohr • 1932: Mohr • 1933: Mohr • 1934: Mohr • 1935: Mohr • 1936: Mohr • 1937: Mohr • 1938: Mohr • 1939: Mohr • 1940: Mohr • 1941: Flegg • 1942: Kelly • 1943: Connelly • 1944: Loxton • 1945: Snell/J. Hall • 1946: Loxton • 1947: Bennett • 1948: Bennett • 1949: McDonald • 1950: Bennett • 1951: Bennett • 1952: McDonald • 1953: Bennett • 1954: Ross • 1955: McDonald • 1956: B. Young • 1957: B. Young • 1958: B. Young • 1959: B. Young • 1960: B. Young • 1961: Rowland • 1962: Baldock • 1963: Baldock • 1964: Baldock • 1965: Baldock • 1966: Neale • 1967: Neale • 1968: Neale • 1969: Neale • 1970: Breen • 1971: Davis • 1972: Stephens • 1973: Davis • 1974: Duperouzel • 1975: G. Young • 1976: G. Young • 1977: G. Young • 1978: G. Young • 1979: Sidebottom • 1980: Scott • 1981: Gorozidis • 1982: Scott • 1983: Jackson • 1984: Lockett • 1985: Lockett • 1986: Lockett • 1987: Lockett • 1988: Winmar • 1989: Lockett • 1990: Lockett • 1991: Lockett • 1992: Lockett • 1993: Lockett • 1994: Lockett • 1995: Loewe • 1996: Loewe • 1997: Heatley • 1998: Heatley • 1999: B. Hall • 2000: Everitt • 2001: B. Hall • 2002: Milne • 2003: Gehrig • 2004: Gehrig • 2005: Gehrig • 2006: Gehrig • 2007: Gehrig • 2008: Riewoldt • 2009: Riewoldt • 2010: Milne • 2011: MilneCaptains of the St Kilda Football Club 1897–1899: Shaw • 1900: Sandford • 1901: McKay/J. Smith • 1902: Rogan • 1903: Jackson/J. Smith • 1904: J. Smith • 1905: Barwick • 1906: J. Smith • 1907–1908: Wells • 1909: Barwick • 1910: Gravenall • 1911: Dangerfield • 1912: Morrissey • 1913: Lever • 1914: Lever/McNamara • 1915: Dangerfield • 1918: Lever • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Cazaly • 1921: Ricketts/Williams • 1922: Cubbins • 1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925: Cubbins/Carr • 1926: Cubbins • 1927: Heinz/Manson • 1928: Manson/Cubbins • 1929–1930: Cubbins • 1931: Matthews • 1932: King • 1933: Deane/Hindson • 1934: Watson • 1935: Hindson • 1936: Perkins • 1937: Mohr • 1938–1939: Clarke • 1940: Lloyd • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944: Kelly/Vontom • 1945: Vontom • 1946–1947: Hird • 1949–1950: Green • 1948: Bray • 1949–1950: Green • 1951–1953: Drinan • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1957: Drinan • 1958: Gleeson • 1959–1962: Roberts • 1963–1968: Baldock • 1969: Stewart • 1970–1972: R. Smith • 1973: Trott • 1974–1975: Lawrence • 1976–1977: Ditterich • 1978: Colling • 1979: Breen • 1980: Sidebottom • 1981: Jesaulenko/Duperouzel • 1982: Duperouzel • 1983–1986: Barker • 1987–1995: Frawley • 1996–1998: Burke/Loewe • 1999–2000: Burke • 2001–2002: Harvey • 2003: Hamill • 2004: Hayes • 2005: Riewoldt • 2006: Ball • 2007: Ball/Hayes/Riewoldt • 2008–: RiewoldtCoaches of the St Kilda Football Club 1906: Hall • 1908: Grace • 1909: J. Smith • 1911: Drohan • 1913: Sparrow • 1914: McNamara • 1915; 1918:* J. Smith • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Sparrow • 1920–1921: Ricketts • 1922–1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925–1926: Clark • 1927: Heinz • 1928–1929: Sparrow • 1930: Cubbins • 1931–1932: Hardy • 1932: King • 1933: Deane • 1934: C. Watson • 1935–1937: Minogue • 1938–1940: Clarke • 1938: Patterson • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944–1945: Thomas • 1946–1947: Hird • 1948–1950: Froude • 1951: Green • 1952–1953: Williamson • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1958: Killigrew • 1959–1960: Francis • 1961–1976: Jeans • 1972; 1974: Guy • 1977: R. Smith • 1978–1980: Patterson • 1980–1982: Jesaulenko • 1983–1984: Jewell • 1984–1986: Gellie • 1987–1989: Baldock • 1987: Davis • 1990–1993: Sheldon • 1994–1998: Alves • 1999–2000: T. Watson • 2001: Blight • 2001–2006: Thomas • 2007–2011: Lyon • 2012–: Watters*St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I
Italics denote caretaker coachDave McNamara | Tony Lockett | Nathan BurkeCoach
Allan JeansCategories:- St Kilda Football Club coaches
- 1887 births
- 1967 deaths
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Essendon Association Football Club players
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Champions of the Colony
- Australian horse trainers
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Ormond Amateur Football Club players
- Benalla Football Club players
- Australian rules biography, pre-1940 birth stubs
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