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| name = Marcus Whelan | image = Marcus Whelan 1940-1942.jpg | caption = Whelan during his Collingwood career | fullname = Marcus Joseph Whelan | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|6|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Bacchus Marsh, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|8|31|1914|6|27|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Noorat | height = 175 cm | weight = 67 kg | position = | statsend = 1947 | years1 = 1933–42; 1946–47 | club1 = Collingwood | games_goals1 = 173 (31) | careerhighlights = * Collingwood premiership team, 1935, 1936
}} Marcus Joseph Whelan (27 June 1914 – 31 August 1973)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). FamilyThe son of John Whelan and Ellen Margaret Whelan, née Parker, he was born in Bacchus Marsh on 27 June 1914. He married Marjorie Alice Dummett on 14 October 1939.[2] Whelan's son Shane played for Collingwood between 1967 and 1969; and his granddaughter is the actress/television presenter Nicky Whelan. FootballCollingwoodWhelan played mostly in the midfield as a centreman, although he played some 40 games at full-back.[3] He was a fine long drop-kick, and an expert place-kick.[4] Whelan won the Brownlow Medal in 1939 and was also awarded Collingwood's best and fairest award, the Copeland Trophy. After fighting in World War II he returned to the Victorian Football League in 1946 and retired at the end of the 1947 season. St KildaIn 1948, he was cleared from Collingwood to play with the St Kilda Second XVIII as captain-coach.[5] CarrumIn 1949 he was appointed captain-coach of the Carrum Football Club in the Mornington Peninsular Football League.[6] EmploymentWhelan worked at Carlton & United Breweries in Melbourne, alongside his coach Jock McHale.[7] Footnotes1. ^{{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/marcus-whelan/|title=Marcus Whelan|publisher=Collingwood Forever|accessdate=10 September 2014}} 2. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11256382 Whelan's Wedding, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 October 1939), p.6;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206336697 Brides-to-be whose weddings will be celebrated this week, The Age, (Saturday, 14 October 1939), p.17;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19411388 Footballer Married, The Age, (Monday, 16 October 1939), p.3.] 3. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178187003 Answers to Questions, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 29 April 1953), p.12.] 4. ^Pix, 30 March 1940; Argus, 14 May 1940. 5. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22546097 VFL Grants Over 70 Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 April 1948), p.23.] 6. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224885114 Big Chance for Carrum, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 29 June 1949), p.53;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22775837 Peninsular Grand Final Tomorrow, The Argus, (Friday, 2 September 1949), p.17.] 7. ^"Brownlow Medal winner", News (Adelaide), 8 September 1939, p. 7. References
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