Bob McLean (Australian footballer)

Bob McLean OBE
Personal information
Full name	Allan Robert Charles McLean
Nickname(s)	Bob
Date of birth	1 February 1914
Place of birth	Mile End, South Australia
Date of death	9 November 1989(1989-11-09) (aged 75)
Place of death	Adelaide
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–1938	Norwood	074 0(57)
1939–1948	Port Adelaide	147 (414)
1941	St Kilda	003 00(3)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	9
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allan Robert Charles McLean OBE (1 February 1914 – 9 November 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Affectionately referred to as "Big Bob" McLean, he later became a long-serving football administrator in South Australia. He was also a good cricketer, representing South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and topped the Australian bowling and batting averages in 1947.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1983 New Year Honours for service to sport.^[1]