George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He attended Caulfield Grammar School,Webber (1981), p.285. and was recruited by Melbourne from the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club.Club Chatter: Melbourne, The Age, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.6. In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's A Grade competition:Metropolitan Amateurs: Presentation of Trophies, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 September 1928), p.14;G. Cassidy, The Argus, (Friday, 7 September 1928), p.16, col.C. "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through".Metropolitan Amateurs: Best and Fairest Players, The Argus, (Friday, 31 August, 1928.
Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928,Brighton Outclassed,The Argus, (Monday, 20 August 1928), p.7; and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association.Amateurs Play Interstate Match, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1929), p.6.
He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals.Club Notes: Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; The Teams: Essendon v. Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; Exciting Second Half, The Age, (Monday, 1 July 1929), p6.
He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points.League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Wins Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15; Melbourne Get Honors, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 October 1931, p.3.
See also List of Caulfield Grammar School people
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Team photograph including George Cassidy (1927): Archives of Caulfield Grammarians Football Club. Demonwiki: George Cassidy