Joe McGrath (Australian footballer) explained

Joe McGrath
Fullname:Joseph Augustine McGrath
Birth Date:22 September 1911
Birth Place:Yarraville, Victoria
Death Place:Footscray Hospital,
Footscray, Victoria
Originalteam:Yarraville
Height:170 cm
Weight:71 kg
Statsend:1940
Years1:1932–37, 39–40
Club1:Yarraville (VFA)
Games Goals1:105 (175)
Years2:1938
Games Goals2:2 (1)

Joseph Augustine McGrath (22 September 1911 – 10 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of James McGrath, and Mary Ellen McGrath (1872-1930), née Ahern, Joseph Augustine McGrath was born at Yarraville, Victoria on 22 September 1911.

He married Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Heriot (1913-1999), later Mrs. James Bird, on 5 November 1938.

Death

He died at the Footscray Hospital on 10 June 1968.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.578.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ThdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=815%2C1984142 Deaths: McGrath, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 June 1968), p.16.