Mac Hill
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Mac Hill
| image =
| fullname = John McMahon "Mac" Hill
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|03|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Beechworth, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|9|24|1925|03|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Yarrawonga, Victoria
| originalteam = Beechworth, Wangaratta Rovers, Wangaratta
| height = 173 cm
| weight = 67 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1950
| years1 = 1950
| club1 = {{AFL Col}}
| games_goals1 = 2 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
John McMahon "Mac" Hill (22 March 1925 – 24 September 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=394}}
Originally from Beechworth where he won their 1947 best and fairest award,{{cite web |title=1947 - Football: Beechworth Club |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268367248 |publisher=Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855; 1857 - 1890; 1892 - 1955) |access-date=26 February 2025 |page=5 |date=18 October 1947}} he then played in an Ovens & King Football League premiership with Wangaratta Rovers FC in 1948{{cite web |title=1948 - Hill cleared to Wang Rovers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268193527 |publisher=Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic) |access-date=4 September 2023 |pages=6 |date=29 May 1948}} & then played in an Ovens & Murray Football League premiership with Wangaratta FC in 1949, before playing with Collingwood in 1950.
He returned to play with Wangaratta Rovers in the early 1950s, before coaching Glenrowan FC from 1954 to 1958, including their 1955 Benallla & District Football League premiership. He also won the Benallla & District Football League best & fairest Medal in 1957.
Hill served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1943 to 1946.{{cite web |title=World War Two Service |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=983006&c=WW2#R |website=Department of Veteran Affairs |access-date=1 August 2021}}
Younger brother of former Essendon player, Russell Hill.
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External links
- {{AFL Tables | J/Jack_Hill }}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/jack-hill/ Jack Hill's] profile at Collingwood Forever
- [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=197829335583680&set=p.197829335583680&type=3/ 1950's - Wangaratta Technical School staff photo]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Wangaratta Rovers Football Club players