James McShane (28 February 1871 – 25 October 1946) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er for the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

. McShane was the first player in the VFL/AFL competition to kick ten goals or more in a match when he scored eleven goals against St Kilda in 1899. His brothers

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and

Joe McShane Joseph Francis McShane (29 November 1868 – 26 July 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club between 1887 and 1904. Family The son of Philip McShane (1835-1908), and Mar ...

also played with Geelong, and later at Carlton.

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* * 1871 births 1946 deaths Geelong Football Club (VFA) players Geelong Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Geelong {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub