Kevin McLean (Australian footballer)

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Kevin McLean is a former Australian rules footballer who played in Tasmania from the late 1950s to about 1970 and represented the state in interstate matches. [1] He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame was established to help recognise outstanding services and overall contribution made to the sport of Australian rules football in Tasmania. Any participant of the sport, including players, umpires, media personalities and coaches, may be inducted. A physical hall was established in 2005 after the Tasmanian Community Fund provided a $50,000 grant to assist AFL Tasmania and the Launceston City Council with establishment of a permanent facility at York Park. The decision to locate the Hall of Fame at the ground was because the site had recently been redeveloped and was positioned as the "true home of Tasmanian football". AFL Tasmania initiated the Hall of Fame nomination process, with a number of clubs, players and grounds nominated and accepted into the Hall of Fame since 2005. The public Hall of Fame opened to the public on Saturday 21 February 2009.

McLean played for North Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA).

North Launceston Football Club

The North Launceston Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. Australia. Since 2009 they have played in the newly formed Tasmanian State League.

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References

  1. ↑ "Another bad VFA loss". The Age . 13 June 1966. p. 15.
  2. ↑ The Examiner, 15 September 1959
  3. ↑ The Examiner, 22 August 1962
  4. ↑ The Examiner, 24 October 1963
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