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Date of birth
  
7 March 1944

Name
  
Des Meagher

Height/Weight
  
185cm / 86 kg

Died
  
March 9, 2011

Years
  
Club

Weight
  
86 kg

1966–1976
  

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Date of death
  
9 March 2011(2011-03-09) (aged 67)

Role
  
Australian Rules Footballer

Original team
  
Old Xaverians Football Club

Des Meagher (7 March 1944 – 9 March 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Meagher was a left footed wingman and was recruited to Hawthorn from Old Xaverians. He debuted for Hawthorn in 1966 and such was his swift rise that by the following season he was playing interstate football for Victoria. In 1971 he played in the Hawks' winning Grand Final against St Kilda; it would be his only Premiership. He was coach of the Hawthorn's reserves team which consistently played finals during the 1980s and won a Premiership in 1985.

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Death

Meagher died on 9 March 2011, two days after his 67th birthday. The place and cause of death have not been released.

References

Des Meagher Wikipedia


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