Tom McLean (footballer, born 1876)

Thomas Alexander McLean (7 July 1876 – 14 August 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Tom McLean
McLean in 1900
Personal information
Full name Thomas Alexander McLean
Date of birth (1876-07-07)7 July 1876
Place of birth Bright, Victoria
Date of death 14 August 1948(1948-08-14) (aged 72)
Place of death Traralgon, Victoria
Original team(s) Queens College
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1900 Collingwood 5 (3)
1902–04 Geelong 12 (0)
Total 17 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He played VFL football with Geelong [2] while studying to become a doctor and while a resident doctor at Geelong Hospital, before commencing private practice in Traralgon.[3]

McLean played for Traralgon in 1905 and 1906 and would later become President of the Traralgon Football Club.

McLean also played 11 first eleven games of Premier Cricket with the University Cricket Club.[4]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 592. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1910 - Sporting Intelligence". Geelong Advertiser. Victoria. 9 June 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. "OBITUARY". The Age. No. 29, 112. Victoria, Australia. 16 August 1948. p. 2.
  4. "Cricket Victoria: 1st XI Player Register & Career Stats". Cricket Victoria. Victorian Premier Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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