Col McLean

DOB: 5 August, 1920
Died: June 1999

Debut: Round 11, 1940 against South Melbourne at Lake Oval
Last Game: Round 19, 1949 against Hawthorn at Glenferrie Oval

Games: 138
Goals: 1
Career Statistics

From: Hamilton

Number: 25 1940-1949

Honours
Premiership Player - 1940, 1941, 1948
Grand Final team - 1946
150 Heroes selection
Victorian state selection - 2 times (1948)
Best First Year Player - 1940
Life Member

Half back flanker who played in two Premiership sides early in the war years before missing 1942 and 1943 to serve in the Navy.

One of eight wer heroes to return in 1944, McLean played 18 games in a Demon side ravaged to army service. The next year he played in 20 games, including the round 7 loss to North Melbourne where kicked his solitary career goal.

In 1946 he played twenty games, including the Grand Final loss before turning out in 18 the next season. In 1948 he played in both grand finals and won his second premiership before retiring from VFL at the end of 1949 and moving to play in Sydney.

He later served on the Social Committee, as Assistant Secretary and Chairman of the Selection Committee. He retired from the club committee at the end of 1974.

Media
Football Record 1950

Links
Wikipedia profile