Jerry McAuliffe

John Augustine "Jerry" McAuliffe (27 August 1909 – 4 May 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

John Augustine McAuliffe was born at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 27 August 1909.

He married Ethel Dorothea Edna Dempsey (1909–1968) at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on 8 January 1938.

Football University Blacks (MAFA/VAFA) In between 1928 and 1933 he played for the University Blacks in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), later known as the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), and also a number of times for Melbourne University in its interstate matches with Adelaide University. He was awarded a full blue for football in April 1929.

Hawthorn (VFL) He was cleared to Hawthorn from University Blacks on 16 May 1934.

Leeton McAuliffe coached Leeton Football Club to the 1935 premiership of the Kinloch Cup Competition.

Dentist He graduated Bachelor of Dental Science (B.D.Sc.) from the University of Melbourne on 18 September 1933; and, upon arriving at Leeton, New South Wales, in 1935, "J.A. McAuliffe, L.D.S, B.D.Sc." began to practise as a dentist at Wade Avenue Leeton.