Jack Meehan
Personal information
Full name John Patrick Meehan
Date of birth (1922-12-11)11 December 1922
Place of birth Charlton, Victoria
Date of death 10 June 1973(1973-06-10) (aged 50)
Place of death Kyneton, Victoria
Original team(s) St Kilda CYMS
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–50 St Kilda 38 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Patrick Meehan (11 December 1922 – 10 June 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] In the 1947 season he broke his leg after colliding with a goal post in a game against Hawthorn.[2]

Before his football career, Meehan served in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

By December 1954, he was working in Prahran as a Senior Constable in Victoria Police.[4] He later worked as a policeman in country Victoria.

Meehan married Kathleen O’Donnell at Elwood in October 1949.[5] His best man at the wedding was his brother and St Kilda teammate Tom Meehan. One of their children is the author Kerry Cue.[6]

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. 602. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "SENIOR LEAGUE UMPIRE MAY BE FLOWN TO TASMANIA". The Herald. No. 21, 846. Victoria, Australia. 28 May 1947. p. 19.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: John Patrick Meehan". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. ^ "CAR RAMMED AFTER CHASE". The Herald. No. 24, 194. Victoria, Australia. 11 December 1954. p. 3.
  5. ^ The Herald, 8 October 1949, p.3 [1]
  6. ^ Sybelesque.com [2]

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