Bob McLean OBE | |||
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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 | (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 | 74 (57) | |
1939–1948 | Port Adelaide | 147 (414) | |
1941 | St Kilda | 3 (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]