Allan McMahon
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Allan McMahon was a former Australian rugby league test player and a former coach of the Newcastle Knights and Illawarra Steelers.
He was a member of the 1978 Kangaroo Tour, and played a total of 148 games for the Balmain Tigers, Newtown Jets and Canberra Raiders.
McMahon was the first coach of the Knights, who joined the NSWRL in 1988. He was sacked during the 1991 season, and later coached the Illawarra Steelers. Despite signing a three-year contract, he was sacked at the end of the 1996 season, his first at the club.
Allan McMahon died in 2003.
| Preceded by team created |
Coach Newcastle Knights 1988-1991 |
Succeeded by David Waite 1991-1994 |
| Preceded by Allan Fitzgibbon 1995 |
Coach Illawarra Steelers 1996 |
Succeeded by Andrew Farrar 1997-1998 |