Michael 'Mick' Maguire (6 June 1894 – 4 June 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.
| Mick Maguire | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Richmond, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 1950 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | London, England | ||
| Original team(s) | Christian Brothers, Abbotsford | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1910–1912 | Richmond | 39 (62) | |
| 1912–1914 | Melbourne | 19 (23) | |
| 1918 | Collingwood | 9 (10) | |
| Total | 67 (95) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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 some notoriety as a welterweight boxer between 1912 and 1915.[2]
Maguire was a well-known publican in Melbourne, operating the Bull and Mouth Hotel in Melbourne, and after 1932, 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 died in England in 1950.[3]
References
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- ^ The Argus, Melbourne, 20 April 1939
- ^ Boxing Record Accessed 11/25/2013
- ^ Obituary The Argus, Melbourne, 7 June 1950
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
- Rootsweb.ancestry.com
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