Michael Maguire (footballer)

Mick Maguire

Personal information
Birth	6 June 1894
Recruited from	Christian Brothers, Abbotsford
Death	1950, London, England
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Richmond (1910-1912) 39 games, 62 goals Melbourne (1912-1914) 19 games, 23 goals Collingwood (1918) 9 games, 10 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
Richmond Leading Goalkicker 1910, 1911

Michael 'Mick' Maguire (6 June 1894 – 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL from 1910 to Round 8 of the 1912 season, then played for the Melbourne Football Club for the rest of 1912 to 1914. Finally he played for the Collingwood Football Club in 1918.

He holds the record as the youngest player to have played senior football at Richmond, being only 15 years and 328 days old upon debut in Round 1 of the 1910 season.^[1] Despite this, he was the club's leading goalkicker in his debut year. He also gained fame as a welterweight boxer.

Maguire's Bellvue hotel accommodated the English Cricket Team during the Fourth Test of the 'Bodyline Series

Maguire was a well known publican in Melbourne, operating the Bull and Mouth Hotel in Melbourne, and after 1932, The Bellevue Hotel in Brisbane. He was father to five daughters; sometimes known as "the fabulous Maguires." Two daughters married members of the English nobility and Mary Maguire was briefly a Hollywood and British film actress in the late 1930s. Maguire served in the British Army in World War Two and died in England in 1950.^[2]

References

1. ^ The Argus, Melbourne, 20 April, 1939
2. ^ Obituary The Argus, Melbourne, 7 June 1950

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
• Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Persondata
Name	Maguire, Mick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 June 1894
Place of birth
Date of death	1950
Place of death	London, England