Alexander Douglas McLean Jr. (15 December 1912 – 1961) was an Australian

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and

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player, a

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Rugby union career

Born in Brisbane, McLean was the son of Doug McLean Sr., one of Australia's

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. Doug Jr. is the brother of Wallabies

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and Jack McLean and the uncle of Wallabies Jeff, Paul and Peter McLean. See

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. McLean played 10 Tests as a winger for the

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between 1933 and 1936. His international rugby union debut was in 1933 against

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when he appeared in five Tests. He made

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appearances against the

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in 1934 and 1936, with the 1934 side the first Australian side to win the Bledisloe. Wallabies 1934

Rugby league career

He switched to the professional code and represented the

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on the wing in two Tests against New Zealand in 1937 and on eight tour games of the 1937 Tour of Great Britain and France. His international rugby league debut in Auckland against New Zealand on 7 August 1937 saw McLean become Australia's 24th dual code rugby international, following

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and preceding

Ken Kearney Kenneth Howard "Killer" Kearney (3 May 192418 August 2006) was an Australian rugby footballer – a List of dual-code rugby internationals, dual-code international player – and a rugby league coach. He represented the Australia national rugby ...

. He was Australia's only dual-code international of the 1930s and of the 33-year period between 1919 and 1952.

Sources

* ''The Spirit of Rugby'' (1995; collection of essays)

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, Australia * Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Australian Broadcasting Corp., Sydney * Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney {{DEFAULTSORT:Mclean, Doug Jr. 1912 births 1961 deaths Australian rugby union players Australian rugby league players Australia national rugby league team players Dual-code rugby internationals Australia international rugby union players Date of death missing Place of death missing Doug Jr. Rugby union players from Brisbane Rugby union wings