John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer born 1989)
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John McCarthy | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Shane McCarthy | ||
Nickname(s) | J-Mac[1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 November 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Victoria, Australia | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2] | ||
Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ||
Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 31, 2007 National Draft, Collingwood No. 8, 2012 Pre-Season Draft, Port Adelaide |
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Height/Weight | 189 cm / 82 kg | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2008–2011 2012 Total |
Collingwood Port Adelaide |
18 (10) 21 (5) 39 (15) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012 season.
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John Shane McCarthy (19 November 1989 – 9 September 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Playing career
Drafted by Collingwood with the 31st selection in the 2007 National Draft, McCarthy was a midfielder.[3] He made his debut late in the 2008 AFL season and held his position for the last six matches of the year, including two finals. He struggled to maintain his place in the Collingwood side in 2009 and 2010, playing only two games in each season, due to poor form and injuries. In each year however, he returned to the senior side at the end of the year, playing in the qualifying final in 2009 and being named as an emergency for the 2010 AFL Grand Final.[4] He played eight games in 2011, but was not selected during the finals and was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2011 season.[5]
After training with Richmond, he was drafted by Port Adelaide in the 2012 Pre-season Draft, who had the selection before Richmond.[6] He cemented his place in the Port side, missing only one game for the year.[4]
Education
McCarthy attended The Peninsula School in Mount Eliza, Victoria, graduating in 2007.[7]
Family
McCarthy's father Shane and brother Matthew both played football with Geelong. He also had two uncles, Bernie and Gavan, who played for North Melbourne. His grandfather Alan Olle and great uncle Jack Coffey played for St Kilda.[8][9]
Death
McCarthy died on 9 September 2012, after falling 9 metres (30 ft) from a rooftop at the Flamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The incident occurred at the start of a post-season holiday for McCarthy and other Port Adelaide players. They had arrived in the U.S. resort city only a few hours before the incident.[2][10][11] After reviewing evidence, police said that McCarthy had attempted to jump off the roof onto a palm tree, but slipped and fell to the ground.[12]
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External links
- John McCarthy's statistics from AFL Tables
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- Collingwood Football Club players
- 1989 births
- 2012 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Dandenong Stingrays players
- Port Adelaide Football Club players
- Accidental deaths in Nevada
- Accidental deaths from falls