Tom Meehan
St Kilda and Fitzroy
AFL career
92 games3 goals
- Debut
- R18 1947 v GEE23 Aug 1947
- Most recent
- R9 1954 v RCH12 June 1954
Stats
Bio
Recruited from St Kilda CYMS after serving in the RAAF during World War II, Tom Meehan established himself as a serviceable and reliable full-back for the Saints in the post-war era. Despite being a consistent starter who had played 27 consecutive games, he made a surprise move to Fitzroy in 1953, where he finished his VFL career before heading to the VFA with Brighton. While he was a solid defender in his own right, Meehan occupies a unique niche in football folklore for being on the receiving end of two iconic moments involving the game's greatest legends. He is the player leaning away from Jack Dyer’s "coat-hanger" arm in one of the sport’s most reproduced photographs, and he is famously immortalised in bronze at Hastings as the opponent John Coleman used as a "stepladder" for his century-breaking mark.
Profile
- Full name
- Tom F. Meehan
- Born
- 31 Mar 1926
- Died
- 19 Oct 2018 (aged 92y 202d)
- Birthplace
- Charlton, VIC
- Height
- 184 cm
- Weight
- 78 kg
Teams
Family
- Brother:Jack Meehan
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from St Kilda CYMS after serving in the RAAF during World War II, Tom Meehan established himself as a serviceable and reliable full-back for the Saints in the post-war era. Despite being a consistent starter who had played 27 consecutive games, he made a surprise move to Fitzroy in 1953, where he finished his VFL career before heading to the VFA with Brighton. While he was a solid defender in his own right, Meehan occupies a unique niche in football folklore for being on the receiving end of two iconic moments involving the game's greatest legends. He is the player leaning away from Jack Dyer’s "coat-hanger" arm in one of the sport’s most reproduced photographs, and he is famously immortalised in bronze at Hastings as the opponent John Coleman used as a "stepladder" for his century-breaking mark.