Edward Finlay McLean (12 October 1893 – 29 May 1915) was an

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

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in the

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(VFL). He was killed in action in World War I.

Football career

He played two league games for Geelong, both in the

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, the first in round 15 against Collingwood at

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. Matched up against Collingwood wingman

Percy Gibb Percy Henry Gibb (6 December 1881 – 2 November 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Gibb played most of his football as a wingman and started his career at Richmond, w ...

, his performance on debut was described as promising by the

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. His only other VFL appearance for Geelong came in round 18, a 37-point win by Geelong over

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Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

Military service

On 18 August 1914, McLean enlisted in the army and two months later embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Benalla (A24), to serve with the 8th Battalion. He took part in the Gallipoli Campaign and was killed in action on 29 May 1915, aged 21.

Personal life

McLean, the youngest son of Norman and Jane McLean, was born in Geelong on 12 October 1893. He had two brothers, Archie and Norman.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Ted 1893 births Geelong Football Club players Australian military personnel killed in World War I Australian rules footballers from Geelong 1915 deaths