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