Maurie Sheahan was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

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A member of Richmond's

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger

Martin Bolger

Martin Joseph Bolger was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1939 for the Richmond Football Club....

, Sheahan and O'Neill

Kevin O'Neill (Australian rules footballer)

Kevin O'Neill was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1930 and 1941 for the Richmond Football Club.The son of a former Richmond player from its days in the VFA, O'Neill was a member of the Tigers' legendary "Three Musketeers" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and O'Neill...

, he played in the premiership teams of 1932 and 1934 as well as the losing Grand Final

AFL Grand Final

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 sides of 1929 and 1933.

Sheahan was awarded Life Membership of the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in 1938 and went on to serve as the Club Secretary in 1939.

His son, John, played seventeen games for the Tigers

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

in the early and mid-60s.