Gerald McCarthy (footballer)

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Gerald McCarthy
Personal information
Full name	Gerald Thomas McCarthy
Date of birth	2 November 1951
Original team	Ashburton YCW
Height/Weight	191 cm / 92 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1972–1977 1978–1982 Total -	Hawthorn Fitzroy	75 (18) 75 (23) 150 (41)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1982 season.

Gerald "Gerry" McCarthy (born 2 November 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

McCarthy, recruited from Ashburton YCW, played most of his football as a defender. He appeared in five finals for Hawthorn, but never got to play in a grand final, missing out on selection in both 1975 and 1976.^[1]

He was traded to Fitzroy at the end of the 1977 VFL season, in exchange for Terry Wallace, who was residential bound to Fitzroy but hadn't played any VFL football for them.^[2]

References

↑ AFL Tables: Gerald McCarthy
↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.

Persondata
Name	McCarthy, Gerald
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	2 November 1951
Place of birth
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