John Bahen (4 October 1943 – 2 May 2017) 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

Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of City of Fitzroy, Fitzroy, the club is base ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL).

Football

Fitzroy (VFL)

He played 67 senior games for Fitzroy between 1962 and 1967. On 6 July 1963, playing in the centre, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the

1963 Miracle Match The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...

Port Melbourne (VFA)

He played 13 senior matched for Port Melbourne over two seasons (1968-1969).

After football

In retirement he went on to own a number of city hotels including The Greyhound Hotel, The Imperial and The Station Hotel NM.

Death

Bahen died on 2 May 2017, aged 73.

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References

External links

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John Bahen, at ''The VFA Project''.
1943 births 2017 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub