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Joe McGrath (Australian footballer)

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Joe McGrath
Personal information
Full name Joseph Augustine McGrath
Date of birth (1911-09-22)22 September 1911
Place of birth Yarraville, Victoria
Date of death 10 June 1968(1968-06-10) (aged 56)
Place of death Footscray Hospital,
Footscray, Victoria
Original team(s) Yarraville
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–37, 39–40 Yarraville (VFA) 105 (175)
1938 Footscray 002 00(1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Augustine McGrath (22 September 1911 – 10 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of James McGrath, and Mary Ellen McGrath (1872-1930), née Ahern, Joseph Augustine McGrath was born at Yarraville, Victoria on 22 September 1911.

He married Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Heriot (1913-1999), later Mrs. James Bird, on 5 November 1938.

Death

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He died at the Footscray Hospital on 10 June 1968.[2]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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