Ian McLean (footballer)

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

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

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[]

References[]

• Melbourne Glimpses, The Age, (Wednesday, 9 June 1954), p.12.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ian McLean.

• Ian McLean's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ian McLean at AustralianFootball.com
• Ian McLean at Demonwiki.
• Ian McLean at Boyles Football Photos.

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