John Cahill

John Cahill (born 27 April 1940) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During his illustrious career he played football for Port Adelaide, and coached Port Adelaide, West Adelaide, South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Port Adelaide Football Club honoured Cahill by naming the award for the club's best and fairest player the John Cahill Medal. SANFL career Port Adelaide career Cahill played 264 matches for Port Adelaide and 29 state matches for South Australia from 1958 to 1973. He captained Port Adelaide from 1967 to 1973 and skippered South Australia in 1969 and 1970.