William Healy McNamara (8 June 1876 – 21 November 1959)Blueseum. was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main, 2014.
Family One of the ten children of John Joseph McNamara (1843-1921),Deaths: McNamara, The Argus, (Tuesday, 19 July 1921), p.1. and, Catherine Mary McNamara (1848-1914), née Enright,Deaths: McNamara, The Argus, (Monday, 2 November 1914), p.1. William Healy McNamara was born at Port Fairy, Victoria on 8 June 1876.
He married Honorah Teresa Barrett (1876-1937) in 1900.Birth Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration No.7096/1900.Deaths: McNamara, The Age, (Monday, 3 May 1937), p.1. They had six children; one of whom, William Patrick McNamara (1912–1983), played VFL football for both Melbourne and South Melbourne.
Football McNamara was a wingman at Carlton for six seasons;Carlton Football Team, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, (Wednesday, 29 July 1903), p.283: McNamara is third from the left, back row. he left the club after not being picked for the 1904 finals.De Bolfo, Tony, "“Mac” - the Man who backed Jack", carltonfc.com.au, 29 October 2012. As a result, he missed out on playing in the successful team which won three successive premierships from 1906 to 1908.
Umpire He was, also, a VFL umpire; officiating in 104 games, mostly as a boundary umpire. He was on the boundary in the 1910 VFL Grand Final.
Death He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria on 21 November 1959.Deaths: McNamara, The Age, (Monday, 23 November 1959), p.16.
Notes
References Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. William Healy McNamara, at Find a Grave (photograph of headstone). Bill's Barracker: Carlton Forever, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 29 April 1927), p.14. Trade and Footy "do's", The Argus, (Monday, 11 June 1956), p.8.
External links
Bill McNamara, at Blueseum.