Jack McCarthy (football coach)

For the Victorian footballer, see Jack McCarthy (Australian footballer).
For the later AFL players, see John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1989) and John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1967).

H. John McCarthy (1911 or 1912[1] – ), best known as Jack McCarthy or "Snow"[2] was an Australian rules footballer in the state of South Australia, best known as a coach for the Port Adelaide Colts and for North Adelaide, who won the 1960 SANFL premiership under his guidance.

Career

McCarthy played half forward for South Adelaide from 1931 to 1934 and West Adelaide in 1936.[3] He was forced to retire in 1937 as his employer, (Pope Products Ltd), would not give him leave to attend afternoon training sessions.[1]

In 1946 Bob Quinn asked McCarthy to coach the Port Colts, training ground for most of the Port Adelaide league team.[1] The team subsequently won 51 of their 58 games.[4]

He succeeded Lew Roberts as coach of the Port Adelaide League team in 1949,[5] but resigned, (to make way for Fos Williams according to one account)[1] or in another report, the club wished to make a permanent appointment and made an offer to South Adelaide's Jim Deane, but South Adelaide refused to release him, and Williams was their second choice.[6]

In the three years he was coach of the Colts (1950, 1951, and 1952), they took the flag twice and were runners-up in the other season.[7] and 1954 was his tenth year as coach of the Colts.

McCarthy was coach of the Port Adelaide "B" (seconds) team in 1959 when they won the premiership, and North Adelaide in 1960, when he was credited with imbuing the team with an enthusiasm that was missing earlier; and the team's grand final win of that year. Rated rank outsiders, they won by 13 points in a close-fought game.[8]

His retirement in 1962 was marked with a photograph in the Port Adelaide Standard.[9] He received the Pepsi award for 1962.

Family

McCarthy married; they had three sons

  • Graham McCarthy (born c. 1939)[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "North's Coach Jack McCarthy". The Standard (Port Adelaide). No. 54. South Australia. 24 August 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Reg. Schumann (12 November 1953). ""Sport" Holes". Port Adelaide Messenger. No. 137. South Australia. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Three Association Teams Struggle For Lead". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 5 June 1936. p. 14. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "J. McCarthy to Coach Port Adelaide". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 91, no. 28225. South Australia. 25 March 1949. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Reg. Schumann's Sporting". Port Messenger. No. 161. South Australia. 29 April 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (1999). Dynasty. Norwood, South Australia: Peacock Publications. p. 38. ISBN 1876087269.
  7. ^ "Port Colts have easy final win". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 42, no. 2, 105. South Australia. 11 October 1952. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Roosters Revel In Resentment". The Standard. No. 102. South Australia. 9 August 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Jock McCarthy, North Adelaide Football Club's famous coach". The Standard. No. 157. South Australia. 5 September 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Round the Wickets". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 96, no. 29, 632. South Australia. 2 October 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
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