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Ian McLean
Personal information
Date of birth	27 August 1929
Place of birth	Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death	23 March 1965(1965-03-23) (aged 35)
Place of death	Chadstone, Victoria
Original team(s)	South Bendigo (BFL)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951–1960	Melbourne	146 (29)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership player 1955, 1957, 1959
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian McLean (27 August 1929 – 23 March 1965) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).

Family

The son of Alexander Leonard McLean (1887–1956), and Elsie May McLean (1888–1961), née Robertson, Ian McLean was born at Bendigo, Victoria on 27 August 1929.

He married Rita Joan Driver in 1955.

Football

Ian McLean played in Melbourne premiership teams in 1955, 1957 and 1959, and well as the runner-up side of 1954. Courageous, quick both over the ground and in terms of reflexes, and a smooth ball handler, McLean, who hailed from Bendigo, played a total of 146 VFL games and booted 29 goals for the Demons between 1951 and 1960.

Death

He died at his residence in Chadstone, Victoria on 23 March 1965.

Notes

1. Law Notices: Alexander Leonard McLean, The Argus, (Thursday, 7 June 1956), p.19.
2. Deaths: McLean, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 March 1965), p.25.
3. Funeral of Ian McLean 2 p.m. Today, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 March 1965), p.24.

References

• Melbourne Glimpses, The Age, (Wednesday, 9 June 1954), p.12.

External links

• Ian McLean's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ian McLean at AustralianFootball.com
• Ian McLean at Demonwiki.
• Ian McLean at Boyles Football Photos.

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