Tom Meehan (footballer, born 1926)

Thomas Francis Meehan (31 March 1926 – 19 October 2018[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] He later played with Brighton in the Victorian Football Association.

Tom Meehan
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Francis Meehan
Date of birth	31 March 1926
Date of death	19 October 2018 (aged 92)
Original team(s)	St Kilda CYMS
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1947–52	St Kilda	73 (3)
1953–54	Fitzroy	19 (0)
Total		92 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He served in the RAAF during the Second World War.[3]

He married Esme Hoinville at Gardenvale in September 1949.[4]

Tom Meehan of St Kilda and Jack Dyer of Richmond in a VFL match in 1949

He is depicted competing for a mark with Essendon player John Coleman in a bronze statue that was unveiled in 2006 outside the public library at Hastings, Victoria.[5] He also appears in an iconic often-reproduced photograph with Jack Dyer of Richmond.[6]

Notes

1. "Meehan, Thomas Francis Death Notice". Weekly Times. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 602. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
3. World War Two Service - "MEEHAN, THOMAS FRANCIS", Dept of Veterans' Affairs, Government of Australia
4. "Full-back marries", The Herald, 17 September 1949, p.3
5. "John Coleman Statue, Hastings", Mornington Peninsula Street and Public Art, Melbourne Playgrounds. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
6. Russell Holmesby, "Tom's niche of fame", Together we rise, St Kilda Football Club, 7 November 2018

External links

• Tom Meehan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Tom Meehan at AustralianFootball.com