John McIntosh (footballer, born 1943)

John David McIntosh (1 November 1943 to 16 October 2021) was an Australian rules footballer from Beverley, Western Australia, who played for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League. A ruckman, he won Claremont's best and fairest award twice, was part of its 1964 premiership side, finished third in the 1965 Sandover Medal and represented Western Australia 18 times, earning All-Australian selection in 1966 and 1969 and the Simpson Medal at the 1966 Hobart Carnival. At St Kilda from 1970 he finished equal fifth in the Brownlow Medal count in his first season and equal second in 1971, three votes behind the winner, before a knee injury ended his career in 1972. After football he took up lawn bowls with the Dalkeith Nedlands Bowling Club and won a state title. He was inducted into the WA Football Hall of Fame in 2004.