Bill Mahon
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| Full name | William Charles Edward Mahon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1910 Dalby, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 1979 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Charles Edward Mahon (7 July 1910 – 8 September 1979) was an Australian rugby league player.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Mahon was born in Dalby and played his early rugby league in the town of Jandowae.[2]
A winger, Mahon made his interstate debut for Queensland in their 1933 interstate series against New South Wales and scored the winning try in the final fixture at The Gabba.[3] He was playing his rugby league in Toowoomba when he earned a Kangaroos call up for the 1935 tour of New Zealand, where he secured a hat–trick against a New Zealand XIII. His only capped appearance on tour came as a centre, in partnership with captain Dave Brown, for the first of the three international fixtures against New Zealand.[2]
Mahon became an agricultural auctioneer.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Bill Mahon at Rugby League Project