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Josh Mahoney
Height: 180
Weight: 83
Date of Birth: 31st October 1977
Nickname: Mahn's
Contract Details: Retired at the end of 2007
Position: Small marking forward
SANFL Club: Glenelg
Recruited From: No. 12 selection 2004 NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft from Williamstown
Previous AFL Clubs: Collingwood (1997-98, 19 games, 8 goals), Western Bulldogs (1999-2000, 11 games, 2 goals)
Career Games: 97 (48 wins, 49 losses)
Career Goals: 87
Honours:
For more career stats click here.
2007 BF Port Player of the Year Results (includes SANFL Stats)
2007 Statistics
Games: 8
Goals: 4
Kicks: 55
Marks: 31
Handballs: 47
More info on Josh Mahoney
Pre-AFL career
After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996. He was selected by the Collingwood Football Club with one of the last picks in the 1996 AFL Draft, pick 84.
AFL career (1997-2000)
Mahoney made his debut with the Collingwood Football Club in Round 12, 1997. He was a handy small forward for the club, and was noted for his solid kicking and courage, as well as his ability to get the "hard ball".
At the end of 1998 Mahoney was traded to the Western Bulldogs for Tyson Lane, and the hard nut Mahoney wore a helmet during the 1999 season. He started the year in the team but due to injury fell away and didn't play a game after Round 12. He was delisted at the end of 2000.
AFL career resurrection
After toiling away for the Bendigo Bombers in the VFL following his delisting from the Bulldogs, Mahoney continued to impress and was a prominent player in the VFL vs SANFL State of Origin games. In the 2003 pre-season draft, with the final pick, Port Adelaide selected Mahoney. He was given a lifeline and the then 26-year-old was not expected to have much of an impact at AFL level. But after breaking into the side after Round 6 after solid performances for Glenelg, Mahoney never lost his spot in the team in 2004. His performances across half-forward, booting 20 goals, and his defensive pressure was important, with the journeyman winning a premiership medallion in Port Adelaide's 2004 flag-winning side.
Mahoney played good football in 2006, winning the Power's leading goalkicker award with 29 goals and earning himself a promotion to the onfield leadership group for season 2007.
Late in 2007 Mahoney announced his retirement from the AFL and ended the season on 97 AFL games. He expressed his interest in a possible coaching career and has since been appointed as an assistant at the Melbourne Football Club under newly appointed coach Dean Bailey.
Height: 180
Weight: 83
Date of Birth: 31st October 1977
Nickname: Mahn's
Contract Details: Retired at the end of 2007
Position: Small marking forward
SANFL Club: Glenelg
Recruited From: No. 12 selection 2004 NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft from Williamstown
Previous AFL Clubs: Collingwood (1997-98, 19 games, 8 goals), Western Bulldogs (1999-2000, 11 games, 2 goals)
Career Games: 97 (48 wins, 49 losses)
Career Goals: 87
Honours:
- 2004 Premiership Side
- PAFC Leading Goal Kicker 2006
- PAFC Tacklers Award 2006
For more career stats click here.
2007 BF Port Player of the Year Results (includes SANFL Stats)
2007 Statistics
Games: 8
Goals: 4
Kicks: 55
Marks: 31
Handballs: 47
More info on Josh Mahoney
Pre-AFL career
After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996. He was selected by the Collingwood Football Club with one of the last picks in the 1996 AFL Draft, pick 84.
AFL career (1997-2000)
Mahoney made his debut with the Collingwood Football Club in Round 12, 1997. He was a handy small forward for the club, and was noted for his solid kicking and courage, as well as his ability to get the "hard ball".
At the end of 1998 Mahoney was traded to the Western Bulldogs for Tyson Lane, and the hard nut Mahoney wore a helmet during the 1999 season. He started the year in the team but due to injury fell away and didn't play a game after Round 12. He was delisted at the end of 2000.
AFL career resurrection
After toiling away for the Bendigo Bombers in the VFL following his delisting from the Bulldogs, Mahoney continued to impress and was a prominent player in the VFL vs SANFL State of Origin games. In the 2003 pre-season draft, with the final pick, Port Adelaide selected Mahoney. He was given a lifeline and the then 26-year-old was not expected to have much of an impact at AFL level. But after breaking into the side after Round 6 after solid performances for Glenelg, Mahoney never lost his spot in the team in 2004. His performances across half-forward, booting 20 goals, and his defensive pressure was important, with the journeyman winning a premiership medallion in Port Adelaide's 2004 flag-winning side.
Mahoney played good football in 2006, winning the Power's leading goalkicker award with 29 goals and earning himself a promotion to the onfield leadership group for season 2007.
Late in 2007 Mahoney announced his retirement from the AFL and ended the season on 97 AFL games. He expressed his interest in a possible coaching career and has since been appointed as an assistant at the Melbourne Football Club under newly appointed coach Dean Bailey.
