Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 9th August, 1954
- Died
- Saturday, 24th May, 2003 (Aged 48 years and 289 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- World Cup
- 1975, 1977
- Interstate Series
- 1975, 1976, 1977
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1976, 1977, 1978
- Preseason Cup
- 1976
- Midweek Cup
- 1976
Biography
Collegians fullback in the I’warra competition was signed by Balmain after representing Country in 1974. A robust fullback or centre Allan McMahon played most of his representative football on the wing (Graeme Eadie was the reigning Test fullback), including World Series appearances in 1975 and 1977. McMahon spent a season with Featherstone Rovers in England and twice toured NZ - with NSW Country in 1974 and a Combined Sydney side in 1976. In 1978 he achieved his highest rep honour with selection on the Kangaroo Tour but his career did not yield a Test appearance. McMahon overcame two serious injuries (thigh, collarbone) to play his final years with Newtown (1982) and as the captain of Canberra (1983) before retiring. As Newcastle's first coach his resignation midway through the 1991 season was an unfortunate ending to what can be seen as a highly successful initiation into the premiership for the Knights. In 1996 McMahon signed as I’warra coach but the move was not a success and his contract was paid out before its completion. McMahon passed away suddenly in May 2003, aged just 48.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Illawarra Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 23 | 19 | 1 | - | 59 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 91.30% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Combined Sydney | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 150 | 41 | 10 | - | 148 | 72 | 73 | 5 | 48.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 1 | 23 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 56.52% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| English Championship | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 241 | 86 | 12 | - | 287 | 148 | 98 | 7 | 61.41% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1975, 1977 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1975, 1977 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Illawarra Firsts | 1974 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1974 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1975-77, 1979 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Combined Sydney | 1976 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1976-78 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1974-1979 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1975 | 21 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 47.62% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1976 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1977 | 19 | 9 | 1 | - | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1978 | 9 | 2 | 9 | - | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1979 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1980 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1981 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1982 | 22 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Canberra | NSWRFL 1983 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1975-81 | 110 | 28 | 10 | - | 104 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1982 | 22 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Canberra | 1983 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1975-1983 | 150 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 72 | 73 | 5 | 48.00% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Featherstone | 1983/84 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 44.44% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Featherstone | 1983 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44.44% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Steven Russo, Wests Archives, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
12/09/2011
A LEGEND!
22/05/2015
Alan had one of the biggest punt kicks that the game has ever seen
12/04/2016
One of the best Junior products to come out of the Illawarra.
Could kick a ball when kicking for touch with such accuracy, he was great to watch at all levels of the game.
06/03/2018
As a kid, Allan was my favourite Balmain player. So many fond memories of him playing at Leichhardt Oval. Had a the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times. Wonderful person also.
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