Career
After having player his junior career with Perth, Maher was the 21st selection in the 1997 American Federation of Labor-Congress rookie draft. Maher was elevated from the rookie list midway through the 1998 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, but suffered a bad knee injury in his third American Federation of Labor-Congress game, Round 17, 1998 against Adelaide at Subiaco Oval. Maher would play two more American Federation of Labor-Congress games late in 1999 but could not regain his form and was delisted after not playing an American Federation of Labor-Congress game in 2000.
In 2008 and 2009 Maher was the reserves coach at the Perth Football Club in the WAFL.
