Roderick "Ricky" McLean (born 8 November 1947) 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 ...
player who played in the
VFL between 1966 and 1971 for the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...
and between 1972 and 1974 and again in 1976 for the
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...
. McLean coached
Sunshine in the
1980 VFA season.
Family
He is the son of Carlton footballer
Rod McLean
Roderick Findlay McLean (22 October 1915 – 14 September 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL. He is the father of Richmond and Carlton footballer Ricky McLean.
A ruckman, McLean was a premiership pl ...
.
Football
Richmond (VFL)
On 14 August 1976, playing for Richmond reserves against South Melbourne on the MCG, McLean was reported on six different charges; he was found guilty of all charges and was suspended for 16 weeks.
[McFarline, Peter, "Ricky out 16 weeks", ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 18 August), p]
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He did not play VFL football again.
Footnotes
References
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* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
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Ricky McLean at ''Blueseum''.
1947 births
Living people
Carlton Football Club players
Richmond Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sunshine Football Club (VFA) players
Sunshine Football Club (VFA) coaches
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