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Australian rules footballer
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Birth:
31 March 1926
Death:
19 October 2018
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Biography
Thomas Francis Meehan (31 March 1926 – 19 October 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played with Brighton in the Victorian Football Association.
He served in the RAAF during World War II.
He married Esme Hoinville at Gardenvale in September 1949.
He is depicted competing for a mark with Essendon player John Coleman in a bronze statue that was unveiled in 2006 outside the public library at Hastings, Victoria. He also appears in an iconic often-reproduced photograph with Jack Dyer of Richmond.