{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Gavan McCarthy | image = | fullname = Gavan McCarthy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|5|16|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Yea | height = 183 cm | weight = 86 kg | position = | statsend = 1965 | years1 = 1965 | club1 = North Melbourne | games_goals1 = 2 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Gavan McCarthy''' (born 16 May 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
McCarthy, who was recruited from Yea, made two appearances for North Melbourne in the 1965 VFL season.<ref>[http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6211-81076-0-0&sID=163658 Sportingpulse: Yea Football Netball Club History]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref> His brother, Bernie McCarthy, was his teammate in the second of those matches, against Fitzroy at Brunswick Street Oval.<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gavan_McCarthy.html AFL Tables: Gavan McCarthy]</ref> He had another brother Shane McCarthy, who played for Geelong.<ref>''Herald Sun'',[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/port-adelaide-football-star-dies-in-incident-at-flamingo-hotel-in-las-vegas/story-e6frf7jo-1226470914423 "Port Adelaide football star John McCarthy dies in incident at Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas"], Jon Ralph, Andrew Capel</ref>
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