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Full name
  
John Leahy

Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
John Leahy


Height/Weight
  
188 cm / 79 kg

Place of birth
  
Geelong, Victoria

Weight
  
79 kg

Date of birth
  
(1941-03-07)7 March 1941

Date of death
  
23 November 1980(1980-11-23) (aged 39)

Place of death
  
North Melbourne, Victoria

Died
  
November 23, 1980, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Original team
  
North Albury Football Club

John Patrick Leahy (7 March 1941 – 23 November 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played two games for Melbourne during the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Early life

John Leahy was born in Geelong, Victoria to Alfred Ernest Leahy and Kathleen Leahy (née Gehrig) on 7 March 1941. He was one of four brothers, two of which also played for Melbourne during the 1960s – Brian played in the 1960 Melbourne Premiership team while Terry won Melbourne's best and fairest in 1966.

Football career

Leahy joined his brother Brian at Melbourne in 1961, wearing the number 30 guernsey. He played two games – The Round 12 draw with Fitzroy and the Round 13 loss to Hawthorn.

Later life

At age 21 John married Nancy Faye Arthur and later had two children – Philip and Rodney.

John Leahy died in North Melbourne on 22 November 1981. He was cremated three days later.

References

John Leahy (footballer) Wikipedia


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