Roy McEachen
Personal information
Full name Roy McEachen
Date of birth (1913-06-07)7 June 1913
Date of death 22 December 1937(1937-12-22) (aged 24)
Original team(s) Caulfield[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1936 South Melbourne 17 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Roy McEachen (7 June 1913 – 22 December 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

McEachen first broke into the South Melbourne team in the third round of the 1935 VFL season and played in every game until round 15, when he received a four-week suspension for striking Jack Smith of North Melbourne.[3] He returned in time to appear as South Melbourne's reserve in the 1935 VFL Grand Final and kicked the only goal of his career in the loss.[4]

Early in 1936, McEachen left the state to take up the position of captain-coach of New South Wales club Narrandera in the South West Football League (New South Wales).[5]

In December 1937, McEachen died after a short illness. He had moved back to Melbourne and had re-joined South Melbourne with the aim to play in the 1938 season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "FOOTBALL—Cont". Record (Emerald Hill). Vic. 17 March 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ↑ The Argus,"Footballer Suspended For Month", 21 August 1935, p. 18
  4. ↑ "AFL Tables: Roy McEachen". afltables.com.
  5. ↑ The Argus,"South Clears McEachen", 22 May 1936, p. 17
  6. ↑ "DEATH OF RAY McEACHEN". The Record. Emerald Hill, Vic. 25 December 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 31 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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