Australian Football

Originally from Seaford in Victoria, Bill Magin is a 650-game icon of Sunshine Coast football with over 25 years as a player/coach/administrator of the Pomona club. His Pomona commitment was interrupted by stints at Centrals Aloomba in Cairns and time in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. He boasts an extraordinary list of highlights that include 12 club best and fairests, three League best and fairests – two on the Sunshine Coast and one in Cairns – and 10 League leading goal-kicker awards, plus four 100-goal seasons.

Representing South Queensland, North Queensland and the Sunshine Coast, Magin won an incredible nine country carnival best and fairests. He had the privilege of playing in every country centre in Queensland that plays the Australian game and toured New Guinea with the Cairns League in 1981. His slight and wiry frame belied his undeniable talent. He had a prodigious leap and uncanny goal sense, and has continued to play in Masters competitions where the awards, accolades, goals and good times have continued.

His sons Rhys (Essendon) and Alik (Gold Coast) have both played at AFL level. 

Author - Murray Bird and Peter Blucher