[1] Thomas Joseph McMahon enlisted to serve in the Australian Army in World War II in January 1940.
After Footscray played Essendon, the local South Melbourne newspaper reported “Tom McMahon gave a sound display on the wing.
[7] In 1947, McMahon was appointed acting captain of the Prahran side when Keith Stackpole was injured[8] in what was to be his final year of senior football.
McMahon was an accomplished sprinter, competing in the Stawell Gift in 1940[9] and 1941,[10] but failed to make it past the heat stage.
In 1946, McMahon won his heat at Stawell but failed to make the final after finished second to Jim Baird in his semi-final.