Tom Meehan (footballer, born 1926)

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Tom Meehan
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Personal information
Full name Thomas Francis Meehan
Date of birth (1926-03-31)31 March 1926
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Original team(s) St Kilda CYMS
Position(s) Defender

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.

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

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

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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]

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