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]