John Joseph Sheehan (29 May 1890 – 17 June 1933) was an

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er who played with the

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and

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also listed with the

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, but never played a game.

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF on 12 July 1915. He did not serve overseas. He was discharged from the AIF on 6 November 1916, on medical grounds, subsequent to surgery for a rectal fistula.

Football

New South Wales

He was the coach of the New South Wales team at the sixth Australian National Football Carnival, held in Melbourne in August 1927.

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References

* * Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
World War One Service Record: John Joseph Sheehan, ''National Archives of Australia''.

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