Full Name: JOHN SHEAHAN
Date of Birth: 19/09/1942
Height: 184 cm ( 6-0 1/2 )
Weight: 76 kg ( 12-0 )
Guernsey: 4/48
Debut: 04/08/1962, Round 15, Geelong
Last Game: 13/06/1966, Round 8, North Melbourne
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1962, 1965-66
Total Games: 17
Total Goals: 11
Honours:
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1962, 1965-66
Total Games: 34
Total Goals: 29
Honours: Premiership 1966.
BIOGRAPHY
John was a pacy player and a good team man who played in several positions including the wing and across the half-forward line. He spent three seasons with Richmond and was a member of the Reserves 1966 Premiership side before moving to the country. In between stints with Richmond he played with Sandringham, where he was selected to represent the VFA in 1964. Upon transferring to the Sunraysia League he immediately established himself as one of that competition's finest players. John's career totalled 23 years, 450 games and approximately 600 goals. He is the son of Maurie Sheahan and now lives in Mildura.
PRE RICHMOND
Bungaree 1959-61 ( Honours - Premiership One ) ; St Patrick's College Ballarat 1960 ; East Ballarat 1961, Games 2.
POST RICHMOND
Sandringham 1963-64, Games 24, Goals 32 ( Honours - VFA Representative Team Games 1 Goals 1 ) ; Red Cliffs 1967, Games 18, Goals 20 ; Mildura 1968-76, Games 187, Goals 220 ( Honours - Captain/Coach 1968-69, Best & Fairest 1968, League Representative Team Games 15, League Representative Team Captain Three Games ) ; Werrimull 1977-82, Games 107, Goals 250 ( Honours - Club Best & Fairest 1977, 1981, Club Leading Goalkicker 1981 Goals 129, Competition Leading Goalkicker 1981 Goals 129, League Representative Team Games 6, League Representative Team Captain Three Games ).
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