- Maurie Sheahan
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Maurie Sheahan Personal information Birth 24 December 1905 Recruited from St Patrick's College/Narraport/South Ballarat Height and weight 180cm / 90.5kg Death 1956, Playing career¹ Team(s) Richmond (1929-1936)
123 games, 3 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season Career highlights - Richmond Premiership Player 1932, 1934
Maurie Sheahan was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.
A member of Richmond's legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and O'Neill, he played in the premiership teams of 1932 and 1934 as well as the losing Grand Final sides of 1929 and 1933.
Sheahan was awarded Life Membership of the Richmond Football Club in 1938 and went on to serve as the Club Secretary in 1939.
His son, John, played seventeen games for the Tigers in the early and mid-60s.
References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
Categories:- Richmond Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- 1905 births
- 1956 deaths
- Australian rules biography, pre-1940 birth stubs
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