Tom Meehan (footballer, born 1909) explained

Tom Meehan
Fullname:	Thomas Martin Meehan
Birth Date:	11 March 1909
Birth Place:	Beaufort, Victoria
Death Place:	Parkville, Victoria
Height:	177 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Guernsey:	33
Statsend:	1928
Years1:	1928
Games Goals1:	5 (0)

Thomas Martin Meehan (11 March 1909 – 24 April 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Michael Meehan (1884-1960),^[2] and Ellen Mary Meehan (1887-194), née O'Callaghan,^[3] Thomas Martin Meehan was born at Beaufort, Victoria on 11 March 1909.

He married Julia Irene Punch (1909-1977) on 1 March 1930.

Football

Williamstown (VFA)

He played his first game for the Williamstown First XVIII, at the age of 17, on 12 June 1926.

Fitzroy (VFL)

He was eventually cleared from Williamstown to Fitzroy in June 1928.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Williamstown (VFA)

He was cleared from Fitzroy to Williamstown in April 1929.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Death

He died at Parkville, Victoria on 24 April 1957.^[12]

References

• 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.
• Victorian League Football 1928 — Fitzroy Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1928), p.45.
• Williamstown Invades Northcote's Territory, The Age, (Monday, 17 June 1929), p.6.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Sergeant Thomas Martin Meehan (53779), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• World War Two Service Record: Flight Sergeant Thomas Martin Meehan (53779), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Tom Meehan's playing statistics from The VFA Project.
• Tom Meehan at Boyles Football Photos.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.602.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B55VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5971%2C4670168 Deaths: Meehan, The Age, (Friday, 29 April 1960), p.20.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206008992 Deaths: Meehan, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 December 1944), p.5.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69524391 'Fair Dinkum', "Football Notes", The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 28 April 1928), p.3.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3935886 Club Notes: Williamstown, The Argus, (Friday, 8 June 1928), p.6.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3935886 Club Notes: Fitzroy, The Argus, (Friday, 8 June 1928), p.6.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3935886 The Teams: hawthorn v. Fitzroy, The Argus, (Friday, 8 June 1928), p.6.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3933110 Dull Game at Glenferrie: Fitzroy's Second Win, The Argus, (Monday, 11 June 1928), p.6.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3998829 Association Permits, The Argus, (Friday, 19 April 1929), p.10.
10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3998829 Club Notes: Williamstown, The Argus, (Friday, 19 April 1929), p.10.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3998829 The Teams: Yarravile v. Williamstown, The Argus, (Friday, 19 April 1929), p.10.
12. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6266%2C3409959 Deaths: Meehan, The Age, (Friday, 26 April 1957), p.12.