Billy McBean

Australian rules footballer

Billy McBean
Personal information
Full name	William Harold McBean
Date of birth	(1889-02-28)28 February 1889
Place of birth	Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death	19 June 1976(1976-06-19) (aged 87)
Place of death	Manangatang, Victoria
Original team(s)	Scotch College
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909	Melbourne	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Harold McBean (28 February 1889 – 19 June 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William McBean (1858-1921),^[2] and Lucy Margaret Leontine McBean (1862-1949), née Mortimer,^[3] William Harold McBean was born at Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 February 1889.

He married Mary Rothwell Dougall in 1917. They were divorced in 1934.^[4]

Education

He attended Scotch College, Melbourne in 1906, and was a member of the Scotch College premiership First XVIII in 1906.

Football

Melbourne (VFL)

He played one match for the Melbourne Football Club: against University on 14 August 1909.

Richmond (VFL)

Although cleared from Melbourne to Richmond in 1910,^[5] he did not ever play for Richmond.^[6]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.564.
^ Deaths: McBean, The Argus, (Monday, 18 April 1921), p.1.
^ Deaths: McBean, The Argus, (Monday, 14 February 1949), p.9.
^ Kulwin Farmer Divorced, The Ouyen Mail, (Monday, 3 December 1934), p.2.
^ Football: Player Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 May 1910), p.5.
^ Demonwiki.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
Scotch's first 66 VFL/AFL players: 54.William Harold McBean, Great Scot, September 2010.