Terry Leahy

Terry Leahy (12 October 1946 – 29 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. His brothers John and Brian also played with Melbourne.

Australian rules football career On Monday, 25 April 1966, Terry Leahy made his VFL debut in Melbourne's Round 1 loss to St Kilda at the MCG. He continued to play all of Melbourne's 18 games for the year, kicking a total of six goals and earning one Brownlow Medal vote.

Leahy also won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal for being voted Melbourne's best and fairest during the 1966 season.

During the 1967 season Leahy only played eight games, kicking two goals in the process – one against Geelong in Round 2, the other during the Round 16 win against Footscray.

Leahy subsequently moved to South Melbourne for the 1968 season,

Leahy was captain-coach of Queanbeyan in the Canberra Australian National Football League in 1974 and Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1975.

Playing statistics

65 17 30 808 167 975 129 0.3 0.5 12.4 2.6 15.0 2.0