Jack Meehan Explained

Jack Meehan
Fullname:John Patrick Meehan
Birth Date:11 December 1922
Birth Place:Charlton, Victoria
Death Place:Kyneton, Victoria
Originalteam:St Kilda CYMS
Height:180 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1950
Years1:1946–50
Games Goals1:38 (1)

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 and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 602.
  2. News: SENIOR LEAGUE UMPIRE MAY BE FLOWN TO TASMANIA . The Herald . 21,846 . Victoria, Australia . 28 May 1947. 19.
  3. Web site: World War II Roll: John Patrick Meehan . Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. News: CAR RAMMED AFTER CHASE . The Herald . 24,194 . Victoria, Australia . 11 December 1954 . 3.
  5. The Herald, 8 October 1949, p.3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246025407?searchTerm=%22“Jack%20meehan”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Jack+meehan”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc|||l-state=Victoria\
  6. Sybelesque.com https://sibylesque.com/2014/04/04/eileen/