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McCartney began his career at the Collingwood Football Club amid a huge reputation from his junior football days. He could play at either end of the ground as a key-position forward or backman. After McCartney left the Magpies after four seasons from to , he switched to Adelaide, with whom he had a good debut season in He missed out most of the year due to the strength of the team in , therefore missing the Crows' first premiership triumph.

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With this in mind, he moved to North Melbourne, where he played in the losing Grand Final against the Crows. In , he once again had an opportunity to play in a Grand Final, but he was suspended during the preliminary final against Brisbane, saying that it was the worst day of his life, and went on to miss the Roos' premiership triumph that year.

In , he had a poor season after being forced to fill the key-forward role vacated by champion Wayne Carey, who did not compete in the season, having left the club following a sex scandal with Anthony Stevens' wife. He was drinking at a nearby pub called Paddy's Bar when the bomb exploded, causing McCartney and his companion, fellow AFL teammate Mick Martyn, to suffer the impact of the blast.

McCartney initially thought his burns were minor and set about saving those around him instead of worrying about himself. He considered others to be in more pain than he was, and had to be taken on a special chartered flight back to Melbourne along with other victims. When he arrived, the injuries turned out to be severe, and McCartney almost died during surgery.