Jack Sheehan (footballer)


John Joseph Sheehan was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was also listed with the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game.

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF on 12 July 1915. He did not serve overseas. He was discharged from the AIF on 6 November 1916, on medical grounds, subsequent to surgery for a rectal fistula.

Football

New South Wales

He was the coach of the New South Wales team at the sixth Australian National Football Carnival, held in Melbourne in August 1927.