Maurie Sheahan

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

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Name	Sheahan, Maurie
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Date of birth	24 December 1905
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Date of death	1956
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