William Mahoney (1 January 1885 – 26 November 1939) 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 for the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 ...

in the

VFL 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 ...

in 1902 and for the

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club ...

between 1904 and 1905. He then played for the

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 VFA in 1906 and 1907 then in the

on and off between 1908 and 1920.

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

* * 1885 births 1939 deaths Australian rules footballers from Geelong Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Geelong Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club (VFA) players {{AFL-bio-1885-stub