John Augustine "Jerry" McAuliffe (27 August 1909 – 4 May 1959) was an

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL).

Family

John Augustine McAuliffe was born at

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, Western Australia on 27 August 1909. He married Ethel Dorothea Edna Dempsey (1909–1968) at

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on 8 January 1938.

Football

University Blacks (MAFA/VAFA)

In between 1928 and 1933 he played for the University Blacks in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), later known as the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), and also a number of times for Melbourne University in its interstate matches with Adelaide University. He was awarded a ''

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'' for football in April 1929.

Hawthorn (VFL)

He was cleared to Hawthorn from University Blacks on 16 May 1934.

Leeton

McAuliffe coached

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to the 1935 premiership of the Kinloch Cup Competition.

Dentist

He graduated Bachelor of Dental Science (B.D.Sc.) from the

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on 18 September 1933; and, upon arriving at

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, in 1935, "J.A. McAuliffe, L.D.S, B.D.Sc." began to practise as a dentist at Wade Avenue Leeton.His name appears in the ''Register of Dentists of the State of New South Wales for 1935'', issued by the NSW ''Department of Public Health'', on 8 February 1935
page 559
at "32 Collins-street, Melbourne"; and, then, at "Wade-avenue, Leeton", in the ''Register of Dentists of the State of New South Wales for 1936'', issued by the NSW ''Department of Public Health'', on 10 February 1936, a
page 763

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* * 1909 births 1959 deaths Australian rules footballers from Western Australia University Blacks Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1909-stub