| Hec Yeomans | |
| Fullname: | Hector Richard Yeomans |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Albert Park, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Position: | Forward |
| Statsend: | 1925 |
| Years1: | 1920 |
| Games Goals1: | 5 (8) |
| Years2: | 1921–1924 |
| Club2: | (VFA) |
| Games Goals2: | 72 (99) |
| Years3: | 1925 |
| Games Goals3: | 15 (16) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 92 (123) |
Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans, MM (17 February 1895 – 11 September 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Yeomans was born in Albert Park, Melbourne, in 1895, the only child of Richard Eli Yeomans and Norah Teresa Cameron.
Yeomans enlisted to fight in World War I in January 1916[3] and fought in France, receiving the Military Medal for his actions in the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in September 1918.[4]
Yeomans played two senior games for St Kilda in the 1920 VFL season before leaving to join Hawthorn, then in the Victorian Football Association.[5]
He was an immediate success at Hawthorn, establishing himself as one of the leading rovers in the Victorian Football Association at that time.[6] He continued to play for Hawthorn when they joined the VFL in 1925 and was their second highest goal-kicker for the year.
After two years as captain coach of the Tooronga junior side,[7] Yeomans joined Brunswick for the 1928 VFA season,[8] but played only a handful of games.
Hec Yeomans died in 1968 and is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.[9]