Mac Hill

John McMahon "Mac" Hill (22 March 1925 – 24 September 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Mac Hill
Personal information
Full name	John McMahon "Mac" Hill
Date of birth	(1925-03-22)22 March 1925
Place of birth	Beechworth, Victoria
Date of death	24 September 1995(1995-09-24) (aged 70)
Place of death	Yarrawonga, Victoria
Original team(s)	Beechworth, Wangaratta Rovers, Wangaratta
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1950	Collingwood	2 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Beechworth where he won their 1947 best and fairest award, he then played in an Ovens & King Football League premiership with Wangaratta Rovers FC in 1948^[2] & then played in an Ovens & Murray Football League premiership with Wangaratta FC in 1949, before playing with Collingwood in 1950.

He returned to play with Wangaratta Rovers in the early 1950s, before coaching Glenrowan FC from 1954 to 1958, including their 1955 Benallla & District Football League premiership. He also won the Benalla & District FL best & fairest Medal in 1957.

Hill served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1943 to 1946.^[3]

Younger brother of former Essendon player, Russell Hill.

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "1948 - Hill cleared to Wang Rovers". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 29 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. "World War Two Service". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links

• Mac Hill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Mac Hill at AustralianFootball.com  
• Jack Hill's profile at Collingwood Forever
• 1950's - Wangaratta Technical School staff photo