Dave McNamara

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Dave McNamara
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Personal information
Birth January 22, 1887,
Boosey, near Yarrawonga
Recruited from Benalla
Height and weight 193cm / 89kg
Death August 15, 1967 (aged 85),
Caulfield
Playing career¹
Debut August 12, 1905, St Kilda vs. South Melbourne, at Junction Oval
Team(s) St Kilda (1905-08, 1914-15, 1918-19, 1921-23)

122 games
Coaching career¹
Team(s) St Kilda 1922-23
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights

David J. "Dave" McNamara was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.

McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward.
Lured to the Essendon Association side in 1909 (kicking 107 goals in the 1912 season) he resumed with St Kilda in 1914.

Possibly the longest kick of a football in history, one kick said to have travelled 94.5m.

Later played amateur football for Ormond Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Served as a St Kilda committeeman, vice-president and later president.

Following his retirement from football, McNamara established himself in a new career as a racehorse trainer, which he continued until about 1958. His period in the racing industry included serving as president with the Victorian Trainers' Association.

McNamara was inducted into the St Kilda Hall of Fame in 2003. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

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