Ian McLean (footballer)

Ian McLean (27 August 1929 – 23 March 1965) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).

Ian McLean
Personal information
Date of birth 27 August 1929
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death 23 March 1965(1965-03-23) (aged 35)
Place of death Chadstone, Victoria
Original team(s) South Bendigo (BFL)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1960 Melbourne 146 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Career highlights
  • Melbourne premiership player 1955, 1957, 1959
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Alexander Leonard McLean (1887–1956),[1] and Elsie May McLean (1888–1961), née Robertson, Ian McLean was born at Bendigo, Victoria on 27 August 1929.

He married Rita Joan Driver in 1955.

Football

Ian McLean played in Melbourne premiership teams in 1955, 1957 and 1959, and well as the runner-up side of 1954. Courageous, quick both over the ground and in terms of reflexes, and a smooth ball handler, McLean, who hailed from Bendigo, played a total of 146 VFL games and booted 29 goals for the Demons between 1951 and 1960.

Death

He died at his residence in Chadstone, Victoria on 23 March 1965.[2][3]

Notes
  1. Law Notices: Alexander Leonard McLean, The Argus, (Thursday, 7 June 1956), p.19.
  2. Deaths: McLean, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 March 1965), p.25.
  3. Funeral of Ian McLean 2 p.m. Today, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 March 1965), p.24.

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