Allan McMahon
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Full name | Allan McMahon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 August 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 May 2003 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 48)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Three-quarter, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: NRL Stats and Rugby League Project |
Allan McMahon (9 August 1954[1] – 23 May 2003), known by the nickname "Macca", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was an Australian test player and was a coach of the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and Illawarra Steelers.
Playing career
McMahon played a total of 148 games for the
1978 Kangaroo tour
squad.
Coaching career
After coaching the Raiders in their fifth season in 1986, McMahon was the first coach of the Knights, who joined the NSWRL in 1988. He resigned during the 1991 season, and later coached the Illawarra Steelers. Despite signing a three-year contract, he was sacked at the end of the 1996 season, his first at the club.
Allan McMahon died in May 2003, at his home in Wollongong, aged 48.[2]
Sources
- Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
References
- ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
- ^ James MacSmith (23 May 2003). "Former league international dead". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
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