About Con McCormack
Lived 1877 – 1940 (aged 62). Con McCormack was an australian rules football player.
Cornelius Joseph "Con" McCormack (25 December 1877 – 8 September 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of John McCormack (1837–1892), and Susannah McCormack (1843–1927), née Casey, Cornelius Joseph McCormack was born at Ballarat, Victoria on 25 December 1877.
He married Amelia Sarah Burrell (1880–1959), in Melbourne, on 3 March 1903. They had five children; two girls and three boys (one of whom died in his infancy). Both of his surviving sons, John Charles "Jack" McCormack (1904–1996) and Eric Rowland McCormack (1905–1997), played First Grade rugby league football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) competition.
Football A centreman, McCormack was a premiership player in each of his two seasons at Collingwood. He experienced just three losses from his 31 games and in 1904 moved to Western Australia where he continued his football career.
Death He died at Sutherland, New South Wales on 8 September 1940.
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Who was Con McCormack?
Australian rules footballer (1877-1940)
When was Con McCormack born?
Con McCormack was born on 25 November 1877 in Ballarat.
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Con McCormack died on 8 September 1940 in Sutherland.
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Con McCormack was an australian rules football player.
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