Doug McMahon
| Doug McMahon | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Douglas Alexander McMahon | |
| birthday | October 16, 1917 | |
| place of birth | Winnipeg , Canada | |
| date of death | April 16, 1997 | |
| Place of death | Montreal , Canada | |
| position | right half-forward | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| United Weston | ||
| 1938-1939 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 (0) |
| 1946 | Chicago Maroons | |
| 1948 | Montreal Carsteel | |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1956 | Montreal Sparta | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Douglas Alexander "Doug" McMahon (born October 16, 1917 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , † April 16, 1997 in Montreal , Québec ) was a Canadian football player .
Career
Doug McMahon went to the English club Wolverhampton Wanderers for a month's trial in the fall of 1938 and signed a professional contract on October 11th. He made his competitive debut on January 1, 1939 as a right half-forward against Blackpool FC , it was also his only use. Wolverhampton finished the season as runner-up behind Everton, while McMahon went on a European tour with Wolverhampton during the break of the season. Due to the cessation of the First Division's game operations immediately after the outbreak of war in September 1939, McMahon were not granted any further appearances in professional football. In the alternate Wartime League he completed a few more games for the "Wolves" (6 games / 9 goals) in the 1939/40 season and was also a guest player at Chester City (5/8).
In 1941 he enlisted as a volunteer in the military and served in the reserves of the Royal Canadian Navy as a telegraph operator. After his discharge from military service in August 1945, he continued his football career with the Chicago Maroons in the newly formed North American Professional Soccer League . In 1948 McMahon won the Canadian Championship with Montreal Carsteel , in the two finals against Hamilton Westinghouse (3: 1 and 3: 3) he scored three times, a total of 71 goals that season. In 1956 he acted as the coach of Montreal Sparta .
Since the Canadian national team played only two games between 1927 and 1957 in 1937, McMahon did not play an international game. For an Eastern Canadian selection he came in 1947 and 1948 to two missions against an American Eastern selection, in 1949 he also completed a game against a Scottish selection team. In 2002, McMahon was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in the Player category .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Joyce, Michael: Football League Players' Records. 1888 to 1939 (page 113), 4Edge, 2004, ISBN 1-89946-867-6
- ^ Rollin, Jack: Soccer at War 1939-45. Headline Book Publishing, London 2005, ISBN 0-7553-1431-X
- ↑ rsssf.com: Canada - International Results
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McMahon, Doug |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McMahon, Douglas Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1997 |
| Place of death | Montreal , Quebec |