Information AboutJohn Cahill |
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The Port Adelaide Football Club honoured Cahill by naming the award for the club's Best And Fairest player the John Cahill Medal . PLAYING YEARS Cahill played 267 matches for the Port Adelaide Football Club and 29 state matches for South Australia from 1958 to 1973. He captained Port Adelaide from 1967 to 1973 and skippered South Australia for three consecutive years. COACHING YEARS After hanging up his boots, Cahill turned his football talents to the coaching arena. Starting with Port Adelaide , he would ultimately lead his beloved Ports to 10 premierships in the SANFL . Cahill spent two seasons at the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL , where he led them to third position. He also had a brief stint at West Adelaide in the SANFL . But it was Port Adelaide where his heart lie and in 1997, he moved from Coaching Port in their last SANFL season to becoming the inagural AFL coach of the club. The Port Adelaide Football Club also changed its name from the Magpies to the Power and added Teal and Silver to its famous Black and White in its move from the SANFL to the AFL, to avoid a clash with Collingwood. After two successful seasons in the AFL, Cahill left the club, and it seemed, football forever. However in 2005, he was appointed coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club for one season to revitalise the struggling club. He took them to their first finals series in three seasons and they finished a respectable third. At the end of the season he announced that he was retiring from coaching. EXTERNAL LINKS
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