Glenn McLean (born 10 July 1961) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Melbourne and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). McLean, whose father

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was a Melbourne player in the 1950s, attended Moorabbin Technical School and played his early football at Beaumaris. He came to Melbourne from

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in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). A ruckman, McLean managed just three senior VFL appearances in

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and

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.AFL Tables: Glenn McLean
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, with veteran

Garry Baker Garry Baker (born 24 March 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A ruckman, Baker was originally from Meeniyan and started his career at Footscr ...

on the sidelines because of a knee injury and another ruckman Michael Byrne crossing to

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. McLean played in nine of the first ten rounds that year, before breaking his wrist, but returned to finish with 15 games for the season. In the

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he shared ruck duties with Brownlow Medalist

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and was the only Melbourne player to appear in all 22 rounds. McLean finished fifth in Melbourne's

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. In

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, McLean was the centre of controversy over his attempt early in the season to move from Melbourne to Collingwood. The clearance wrangle went to the supreme court and McLean was eventually let go by Melbourne, in a trade which secured the club

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. He played in rounds 15 and 16, before losing his place in the Collingwood team. In January

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, McLean was one of five players sacked by the club, along with

Graeme Allan Graeme 'Gubby' Allan (born 23 July 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Allan started his career in the Victorian Football Association where he took the ...

, Allen Eade, Tony Kelly and Jim McAllester.'' The Age''
"Kelly's notice ends Pie sackings"
29 January 1986, p. 28 McLean's brother Paul played one game for VFL club

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