John McMahon "Mac" Hill (22 March 1925 – 24 September 1995) 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 who played with Collingwood 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). Originally from

Beechworth Beechworth is a town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the , Beechworth had a population of 3,290. Beechworth's many historical buildings are well pr ...

where he won their 1947 best and fairest award, he then played in an

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League (OKFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria around the regional cities of Benalla, Victoria, Benalla and Wangaratta, Victoria, Wanga ...

premiership with Wangaratta Rovers FC in 1948 & then played in an

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (OMFNL or O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales ...

premiership with Wangaratta FC in 1949, before playing with Collingwood in 1950. He returned to play with Wangaratta Rovers in the early 1950s, before coaching Glenrowan FC from 1954 to 1958, including their 1955 Benallla & District Football League premiership. He also won the Benallla & District Football League best & fairest Medal in 1957. Hill served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1943 to 1946. Younger brother of former Essendon player,

Russell Hill Russell Hill may refer to: * Russell Hill (artist) (born 1988), British artist * Russell Hill (footballer) (1920–1987), Australian rules footballer * Russell Hill (war correspondent), see New York Herald Tribune The ''New York Herald Tri ...

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External links

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Jack Hill's
profile at Collingwood Forever
1950's - Wangaratta Technical School staff photo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Mac Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Wangaratta Rovers Football Club players Wangaratta Football Club players 1925 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen