George McLaren (Australian footballer)

George McLaren
Personal information
Full name	George Eric McLaren
Date of birth	22 March 1925
Date of death	23 July 1956(1956-07-23) (aged 31)
Original team(s)	Essendon District
Height / weight	170 cm / 68 kg
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944–1951	Footscray	139 (24)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1951	Footscray	1 (1–0–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.

George Eric McLaren (22 March 1925 – 23 July 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and early 1950s.

A wingman, McLaren was recruited from the Essendon District League. He started out at Footscray in 1944 and two years later represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia. In the 1951 season, his last, McLaren filled in as coach for a game against Richmond which they won by 26 points.

McLaren was killed in a car accident in 1956.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Family Notices.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1956. p. 14. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
↑ "Bulldogs aid star's family.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

George McLaren's statistics from AFL Tables
George McLaren's coaching statistics at AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy 1926: Saunders 1926: Cassidy 1927–1928: Scanlan 1929: Eason 1930: Hopkins 1931–1933: Cubbins 1934–1935: Morrison 1935–1937: Coventry 1937–1940: Kelly 1941–1942: Ware 1943–1946: Olliver 1947: Crowe 1948–1950: Olliver 1951–1957: Sutton 1951: McLaren 1952; 1953: Donald 1957–1966: Whitten 1959; 1960: Ryan 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay 1967–1968: Sutton 1969–1971: Whitten 1972–1975: Rose 1976–1978: Goggin 1978–1979: McKenzie 1980–1982: Hart 1981: Goode 1982–1983: Hampshire 1984–1989: Malthouse 1990–1994: Wheeler 1994–1996: Joyce 1996–2002: Wallace 2002–2004: Rohde 2005–2011: Eade 2011: Williams 2012–2014: McCartney 2015–: Beveridge

Italics denote caretaker coach

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