George Cochrane (footballer)

George Priaux Cochrane (25 September 1877 – 31 December 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

George Cochrane
Personal information
Full name George Priaux Cochrane
Date of birth (1877-09-25)25 September 1877
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 31 December 1914(1914-12-31) (aged 37)
Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Wesley College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897, 1901–1904 Essendon 22 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Cochrane made his debut against Collingwood in one of the finals of the season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He left the club at the end of the season to fight in the Boer War, before returning in 1901 to play 20 more games over four seasons.[1]

"Suicide" was the finding after an inquiry into the death of George Cochrane, 37, railway employee, of Pelham street, Carlton. Evidence was given that Cochrane was found hanging in an outhouse. He had been drinking heavily for about a week. He committed suicide by hanging on 31 December 1914.[2]

References
  1. "COCHRANE, George". Essendon FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. "MAN HANGS HIMSELF". Weekly Times. Vic. 9 January 1915. p. 38. Retrieved 23 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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