William Healy McNamara (8 June 1876 – 21 November 1959)
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Australian rules football
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er who played for
Carlton
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in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
One of the ten children of John Joseph McNamara (1843-1921), and, Catherine Mary McNamara (1848-1914), née Enright, William Healy McNamara was born at
Port Fairy, Victoria on 8 June 1876.
He married Honorah Teresa Barrett (1876-1937) in 1900. They had six children; one of whom,
William Patrick McNamara (1912–1983), played VFL football for both Melbourne and South Melbourne.
Football
McNamara was a wingman at Carlton for six seasons; he left the club after not being picked for the 1904 finals. As a result, he missed out on playing in the successful team which won three successive premierships from 1906 to 1908.
Umpire
He was, also, a VFL umpire; officiating in 104 games, mostly as a boundary umpire. He was on the boundary in the
1910 VFL Grand Final
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.
Death
He died at the
Royal Melbourne Hospital
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,
Parkville, Victoria on 21 November 1959.
Deaths: McNamara, ''The Age'', (Monday, 23 November 1959), p.16.
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Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)'', Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing.
William Healy McNamara
at ''Find a Grave'' (photograph of headstone).
Bill's Barracker: Carlton Forever, ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Friday, 29 April 1927), p.14.
Trade and Footy "do's", ''The Argus'', (Monday, 11 June 1956), p.8.
External links
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Bill McNamara
at ''Blueseum''.
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1876 births
1959 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Carlton Football Club players
Brunswick Football Club players
Australian Football League umpires