Shane McCarthy (born 22 April 1952) is a former

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

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

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). McCarthy, a defender, came from Yea originally and was a student at Assumption College. He appeared for Geelong in the final two home and away rounds of the

1970 VFL season The 1970 VFL season was the 74th season of the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, and ran from ...

and in round eight of the 1971 season. McCarthy is now a lawyer who lives in

Sorrento, Victoria Sorrento is a town on the Mornington Peninsula approx. 100km south of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the Shire of Morn ...

. His brothers

Bernie McCarthy Bernard Francis McCarthy (21 August 1943 – 16 February 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). McCarthy was the eldest of three brothers from Yea who played in the VFL. ...

and

Gavan McCarthy Gavan McCarthy (born 16 May 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). McCarthy, who was recruited from Yea, made two appearances for North Melbourne in the 1965 VFL se ...

also played in the Victorian Football League, at

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government ar ...

. He had two sons that played league football as well,

Matthew McCarthy Matthew McCarthy (born 14 December 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), playing 22 games between 2003 and 2006. He is the brother of deceased Port Adelaide player ...

, who played with Geelong and

John McCarthy John McCarthy may refer to: Government * John George MacCarthy (1829–1892), Member of Parliament for Mallow constituency, 1874–1880 * John McCarthy (Irish politician) (1862–1893), Member of Parliament for the Mid Tipperary constituency, ...

, who played for both Collingwood and

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide city centre, Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is t ...

.''

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"Teenager John McCarthy in line for senior Collingwood game"
Michael Horan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Shane 1952 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players People educated at Assumption College, Kilmore 20th-century Australian sportsmen