George Cochrane (footballer)

George Cochrane
George Cochrane
Personal information
Full name	George Priaux Cochrane
Date of birth	25 September 1877
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death	31 December 1914 (aged 37)
Place of death	East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Wesley College
Playing career1
Years	Club
1897, 1901–1904	Essendon
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
	VFL premiership player: 1897;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Priaux Cochrane (25 September 1877 – 31 December 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Cochrane made his debut against Collingwood in one of the finals of the season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He left the club at the end of the season to fight in the Boer War, before returning in 1901 to play 20 more games over four seasons.^[1]

"Suicide" was the finding after an inquiry into the death of George Cochrane, 37, railway employee, of Pelham street, Carlton. Evidence was given that Cochrane was found hanging in an outhouse. He had been drinking heavily for about a week. He committed suicide by hanging on 31 December 1914.^[2]

References

^ "COCHRANE, George". Essendon FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "MAN HANGS HIMSELF". Weekly Times. Vic. 9 January 1915. p. 38. Retrieved 23 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

George Cochrane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
George Cochrane at AustralianFootball.com

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[Cochrane-1] "COCHRANE, George". Essendon FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[2] "MAN HANGS HIMSELF". Weekly Times. Vic. 9 January 1915. p. 38. Retrieved 23 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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v t e Essendon Football Club 1897 VFL premiers
Essendon won the finals series with 3 wins and 0 losses
Anderson Barry Campbell Cleghorn Cochrane Collins Croft Ferguson Forbes Gavin Groves Hastings Kearney Kinnear Martin Officer O'Loughlin Stuckey (c) Sykes Vautin Waugh Wright