| Jock Fahey | |
| Fullname: | John Fahey |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1911 |
| Death Place: | Between Numurkah and Wunghnu |
| Originalteam: | Numurkah Football Club |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Weight: | 81 kg |
| Statsend: | 1934 |
| Years1: | 1932–1934 |
| Club1: | South Melbourne |
| Games Goals1: | 31 (11) |
John Fahey (22 October 1911 – 27 June 1936) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Fahey came to South Melbourne from Murray Football League club Numurkah.[1] He made 12 games appearances in 1932, his debut season, which included a semi-final.[2] In 1933, a premiership year for South Melbourne, Fahey played six games.[2] He played 13 games in 1934 but missed the finals series after he scalded his foot at work.[2] [3] [4] South Melbourne were losing grand finalists that year.
He left South Melbourne in 1935 to take up a position as coach of Warrnambool in the Hampden Football League.[5] They finished second on the ladder that year, with 10 wins and 5 losses, then progressed to the grand final, where they met minor premiers Mortlake. Warrnambool, with coach Fahey starring at centre half-back, won the grand final by 21 points, to claim their first premiership in the league.[6]
In 1936, Fahey returned home to captain-coach Numurkah in the Murray Football League (MFL).[7] They got off to a good start, winning their first six games under Fahey.[8] On 27 June 1936, Fahey was riding a bicycle from Numurkah to his home in Wunghnu when he was struck by a motor vehicle.[9] He died of his injuries.[10] Fahey remarkably finished second in the 1936 MFL – O’Dwyer Medal.[11]