Full name John David McIntosh Name John McIntosh Height/Weight 191 cm / 94 kg Positions Ruckman | Years Club Original team Beverley Years Team | |
Date of birth (1943-11-01) 1 November 1943 (age 72) 1962–69
1970–72 Claremont
St Kilda
Total Role Australian Rules Footballer | ||
John David McIntosh (born 1 November 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from Beverley, Western Australia, McIntosh also played 19 interstate matches for Western Australia and Victoria. He retired at the end of the 1972 season due to a knee injury, and later took up lawn bowls, winning several club and state championships.
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Career
McIntosh was a ruckman and played with Claremont from 1962 to 1969, winning their best and fairest award twice. He represented Western Australia 17 times at interstate football and was All Australian in 1966 and 1969. In the 1966 Hobart Carnival he was awarded the Simpson Medal.
He was lured to Victoria in 1970 to join St Kilda and had a successful debut season in the VFL, finishing equal 5th in the Brownlow Medal count. He improved on that the following season with an equal 2nd placing in the count, missing out on the Brownlow by three votes. In the 1971 Semi Final he injured his knee and couldn't play in the Grand Final against Hawthorn which the Saints lost. Further knee problems in 1972 saw him announce his retirement.
Family
McIntosh married Gwenda Don, a former winner of the Western Australian state singles tennis championships. His sons, Nathan and Ashley McIntosh, both played senior football, and his daughter, Karlene, also represented Western Australia in state tennis.