Bernie McCarthy

Bernard Francis McCarthy (21 August 1943 – 16 February 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Bernie McCarthy
Personal information
Full name Bernard Francis McCarthy
Date of birth (1943-08-21)21 August 1943
Place of birth Caulfield, Victoria[1]
Date of death 16 February 2019(2019-02-16) (aged 75)
Place of death Seymour, Victoria
Original team(s) Yea (WNEFL)
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1962–1971 North Melbourne 148 (80)
1971 Preston (VFA) 006 0(0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

McCarthy was the eldest of three brothers from Yea who played in the VFL.[2] The youngest, Shane, played at Geelong and the other, Gavan McCarthy, made two appearances for North Melbourne, one of them with Bernie in round five of the 1965 VFL season.[3] A nephew, Matthew, was also a Geelong footballer and another, John, played at Collingwood and Port Adelaide.

A centre half-forward, McCarthy partnered John Dugdale as North Melbourne's key forwards throughout the 1960s.[4]

He finished the 1971 season at Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Preston and was one of the club's best players in the Grand Final loss to Dandenong that year.[5]

His career then continued in the Bendigo Football League, where he captain-coached South Bendigo. He won the Michelsen Medal in 1973 and led his side to a premiership in 1974.

McCarthy died on 16 February 2019, aged 75.[6]

References
  1. "Family Notices". The Age. No. 27, 574. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1943. p. 8.
  2. The Age,"Ibrahim Hopes To Train, But Chances Slim", 14 April 1965, p. 11
  3. AFL Tables: Bernie McCarthy
  4. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  5. The Age,"Dandenong in dicey Grand Final win", 27 September 1971, p. 11
  6. Jones, Richard. "Almanac Obituaries: South Bendigo's Bernie McCarthy passes away". The Footy Almanac. The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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