Frank Maher (footballer)

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Frank Maher
Personal information
Date of birth	22 September 1895
Place of birth	Ballarat
Original team	Lilydale
Debut	11 June 1921, Essendon v. Carlton, at East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height/Weight	167.5cm (5'6") 70 kg
Playing career¹
Essendon (1921-1928) 137 games, 124 goals
Coaching career
Essendon (1927) Carlton (1935-1936)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1936 season.
Career highlights
Essendon Premiership: 1923, 1924 Essendon Captain-Coach: 1927 (18 games) Essendon Captain: 1925-1928 (77 games) Essendon Vice-Captain: 1924 Essendon Best and Fairest: 1927 Victorian Representative: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928. Captain of Victorian Representative Team: 1927, 1928.

Frank H. Maher (22 September 1895 — 1976), is a former Australian footballer, and coach in the Victorian Football League.

He served in the army in World War I from 1916 to 1919, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry for his actions in France on 19 May 1918.

He only began playing football when serving overseas with the AIF. On his return to Australia, he started playing football with two clubs, Shepparton and Lilydale.

Recruited from Lilydale Football Club, he played his first game for Essendon in 1921 at the advanced age of 25, playing against Carlton at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 June 1921 (the Carlton team is at ).

He went on to play 137 games with Essendon Football Club from 1921 to 1928; and 118 of those games were played consecutively.

Only 5'6" (167.5 cm) tall, he was part of Essendon's famous "Mosquito Fleet"; he had superb reflexes, perfect timing, and wonderful ball skills.

He represented Victoria on nine occasions in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 (captain), and 1928 (captain).

He was captain-coach of Essendon in 1927; whilst his application to coach Essendon in 1928 was rejected, he captained Essendon in that year.

After leaving Essendon, he went on to coach at Oakleigh in the VFA on two occasions, at Fitzroy, and at Carlton; and from 1958 and 1968 he was president of Essendon's past players and officials association.

Career

Lilydale Football Club and Shepparton Football Club: 1920
Essendon Football Club: player, 1921–1928
Essendon Football Club: Premiership Team, 1923 (first rover, kicking 2 goals), 1924 (forward flank, kicking four goals in the three matches)
Brownlow Medal: third place 1925 — 4 votes.^[1]
Essendon Football Club: captain-coach 1927 (18 games, 6 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw)
Oakleigh Football Club: captain-coach 1929-1931 (premierships 1930-1931)
Fitzroy Football Club: coach 1932-1933
Oakleigh Football Club: coach 1934
Carlton Football Club: coach 1935-1936 (38 games, 26 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw).

Notes

↑ In those days, there was only a single vote available in any one game. The 1925 winner, St Kilda's Colin Watson won the medal with 9 votes (i.e., best on the ground on nine occasions) having played in only 15 matches.

References

Fiddian, Marc: Devils at Play. A History of the Oakleigh Football Club, Pakenham Gazette, Pakenham 1982

External links

v t e Essendon Football Club 1923/1924 VFL Premiers

Captain: 1. Barker 2. Donaldson 3. Beckton 5. Baring 6. Fitzmaurice 6. Rawle 10. Watt 14. May 15. Laing 16. McCarthy 21. Jenkins 24. Maher 25. Stockdale 28. Garden 30. Shorten 33. Hardy

Coach: Barker

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Ruddell
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–1999: Hird
1999: Long
2000–2005: Hird
2006: Lloyd
2007–2009: Lloyd
2010–: J. Watson

v t e Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–2013: Hird 2013: Goodwin 2014: Thompson 2015-: Hird

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty 1913–1915: Parratt 1916–1919: Holden 1919: Melling 1920–1921: Parratt 1922–1924: Belcher 1925: Lethbridge 1926–1927: Belcher 1928: Rattray 1929: Ringrose 1929: Freake 1930–1931: Niven 1932–1933: Maher 1934: Wigraft 1934: Cashman 1935: Rowe 1936: Bunton 1937–1939: Rattray 1940–1942: Minogue 1943–1947: Hughson 1945: Hillard 1948: Cameron 1949–1951: N. Smith 1952–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1956: Curcio 1958–1962: L. Smith 1961: Edwards 1963–1964: Murray 1963: Clark 1964: Williams 1965–1970: Stephen 1968: Slocum 1971–1974: Donaldson 1974: Campbell 1975–1977: Rose 1978: Campbell 1979–1980: Stephen 1981–1985: Walls 1986–1988: Parkin 1989–1990: Austin 1991–1994: Shaw 1995: Quinlan 1995: McConnell 1996: Nunan 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–: Malthouse

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997

Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice

Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert

Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long

Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher

Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood

Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)

Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith

Coach	Kevin Sheedy

W. S. Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1901: Thurgood
1903: Gavin
1906: J. McKenzie
1908: Busbridge
1909: Busbridge
1911: Cameron
1912: Cameron
1913: Baring
1920: Garden
1922: Fitzmaurice
1923: Fitzmaurice
1924: Fitzmaurice
1925: Stockdale
1926: Harrison
1927: Maher
1928: Beckton
1929: Okey
1930: Forbes
1931: T. Clarke
1932: Carman
1933: Walsh
1934: Reynolds
1935: Forbes
1936: Reynolds
1937: Reynolds
1938: Reynolds
1939: Reynolds
1940: Torney
1941: Buttsworth
1942: Reynolds
1943: Reynolds
1944: Bushby
1945: Buttsworth
1946: Buttsworth
1947: Hutchison
1948: Hutchison
1949: Coleman
1950: Hutchison
1951: McDonald
1952: Hutchison
1953: Hutchison
1954: Gill
1955: Hutchison
1956: Hutchison
1957: Burgess
1958: J. Clarke
1959: Mitchell
1960: Burgess
1961: Birt
1962: J. Clarke
1963: Fraser
1964: Fraser
1965: Birt
1966: D. McKenzie
1967: Birt
1968: Davis
1969: Davis
1970: Gerlach
1971: Davis
1972: Fields
1973: Wilson
1974: Moss
1975: Moss
1976: Moss
1977: Madden
1978: K. Fletcher
1979: Madden
1980: T. Watson
1981: N. Daniher
1982: T. Daniher
1983: Madden
1984: Madden
1985: T. Watson
1986: Hawker
1987: Thompson
1988: T. Watson
1989: T. Watson
1990: Thompson
1991: Ezard
1992: Harvey
1993: O'Donnell
1994: Hird
1995: Hird
1996: Hird
1997: Denham
1998: Hardwick
1999: Mercuri
2000: D. Fletcher
2001: J. Johnson
2002: M. Johnson
2003: Hird/Lucas
2004: McPhee
2005: J. Johnson
2006: Lucas
2007: Hird
2008: Hille
2009: J. Watson
2010: J. Watson
2011: Zaharakis
2012: J. Watson
2013: Goddard

Persondata
Name	Maher, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	22 September 1895
Place of birth	Ballarat
Date of death	1976
Place of death

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