Ron McCarthy

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ron McCarthy

| image =

| birth_date = 3 November 1934

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|1|20|1934|11|3|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Seddon

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1956

| years1 = 1953–1956

| club1 = Footscray

| games_goals1 = 42 (3)

| careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1954

}}

Ron McCarthy (3 November 1934 – 20 January 1989){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Ronald+McCarthy/8280|title=Ronald McCarthy - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=5 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s and part of Footscray Bulldogs first VFL premiership in 1954.

McCarthy was appointed as captain-coach of Thorton-Eildon in 1957 in the Waranga North East Football Association,{{cite web |title=1957 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/281818994 |publisher=The Broadford Courier (Vic) |access-date=20 April 2025 |page=3 |date=18 April 1957}} where they lost the 1958 grand final to Euroa.{{cite web |title=1958 - Euroa Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/281818554 |publisher=The Broadford Courier (Vic) |access-date=20 April 2025 |page=4 |date=19 September 1958}}{{cite web |title=1958 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/281820117 |publisher=The Broadford Courier (Vic) |access-date=20 April 2025 |page=2 |date=3 October 1958}}

His grandson Xavier O'Halloran was drafted to Greater Western Sydney at pick number 22 in 2018 AFL draft. {{cite web | url=https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/235680/genuine-leader-continuing-family-tradition | title=Genuine Leader Continuing Family Tradition | date=7 February 2019 }}