John Charles McDermott (17 May 1872 – 5 February 1925) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with South Melbourne in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). He died after falling from a ladder while erecting a veranda in Yackandandah.

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* * 1872 births 1925 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub