Thomas Alroe McLachlan (1912–1986) was an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ...
(NSWRL).
Playing career
A
South Sydney junior, McLachlan made his 1st grade debut for that club in 1931.
In 1934, McLachlan joined the
Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to:
Places
*Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India
*Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia
**Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia
Sports clubs
;Association football
*Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand
* Eastern ...
club where he remained until his retirement at the end of the 1937 Season. A , McLachlan played in some of East's greatest sides,
winning premierships with the club in 1935,
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
and
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
. He was also a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by
Western Suburbs in the
1934 premiership decider.
Post playing
McLachlan went on to become president of the Australian Postal Workers’ Union.
References
Sources
* The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
*From Where The Sun Rises; Ian Heads, Geoff Armstrong & David Middleton
Australian rugby league players
Sydney Roosters players
1912 births
1986 deaths
Rugby league hookers
South Sydney Rabbitohs players
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