Shane Molloy (born 21 June 1949) 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Molloy, recruited from Macleod-Rosanna, was a
back pocket
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...
player. He made his Fitzroy debut at Princes Park, in a loss to
Footscray, who were celebrating
Ted Whitten's 300th game. The defender made four further appearances that year and spent the entire 1970 season in the reserves, but had the distinction of kicking the first ever goal at
Waverley Park. He was a regular in the Fitzroy team in 1971 and 1972, missing just three games.
The father of
Jarrod Molloy, he played at VFA club
Port Melbourne after leaving Fitzroy.
He captain-coached
Montmorency to a
Diamond Valley Football League premiership in 1979.
Molloy returned to the VFA in 1991 as coach of
Box Hill and became person to steer the club to two successive finals series. He coached
Port Melbourne in the 1995 VFA season.
References
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1949 births
Fitzroy Football Club players
Box Hill Football Club coaches
Port Melbourne Football Club coaches
Montmorency Football Club players
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)