Allan McMahon
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| Full name | Allan McMahon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 May 2003 (aged 48) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Allan McMahon (9 August 1954[1] – 23 May 2003) was an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was an Australian test player and a former coach of the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and Illawarra Steelers.
Playing career
He was a member of the 1978 Kangaroo tour squad, and played a total of 148 games for the Balmain Tigers (who he also captained), the Newtown Jets and the Canberra Raiders.
Coaching career
After coaching the Raiders in their second season in 1983, 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 (editor) (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. pp. s 386–387. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
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References
- ^ Gary Lester (editor) (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ James MacSmith (23 May 2003). "Former league international dead". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
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