Con McCormack

Australian rules footballer

Con McCormack
McCormack during his career with Collingwood
Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Joseph McCormack
Date of birth	25 December 1877
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	8 September 1940(1940-09-08) (aged 62)
Place of death	Sutherland, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Northcote Juniors
Debut	Round 1, 1902, Collingwood vs. South Melbourne, at Lake Oval
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1902–1903	Collingwood	31 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Career highlights
2× VFL premiership player: 1902, 1903
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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).^[1]^[2]

Family

The son of John McCormack (1837-1892),^[3] and Susannah McCormack (1843–1927), née Casey,^[4] Cornelius Joseph McCormack was born at Ballarat, Victoria on 25 December 1877.^[5]

He married Amelia Sarah Burrell (1880–1959), in Melbourne, on 3 March 1903.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

Death

He died at Sutherland, New South Wales on 8 September 1940.^[9]

Notes

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^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
^ Collingwood Forever.
^ Deaths: McCormack, The Leader, (Saturday, 10 December 1892), p.44.
^ Deaths: McCormack, The Age, (Monday, 7 November 1927), p. 1.
^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.225/1878.
^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.1674/1903.
^ Deaths: McCormack, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 17 February 1959), p. 30.
^ One who has travelled, The Referee, (Wednesday, 9 September 1908), p. 9.
^ Deaths: McCormack, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 10 September 1940), p.8.

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Con McCormack's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Con McCormack at AustralianFootball.com
Con McCormack, at Collingwood Forever.
E.G. (Con) McCormack, at New South Wales Australian Football History Society.

Collingwood Football Club 1902/03 VFL premiers

1902: Collingwood 9.6 (60) defeated Essendon 3.9 (27), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1903: Collingwood 4.7 (31) defeated Fitzroy 3.11 (29), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground