Hec Yeomans | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Hector Richard Yeomans | ||
Date of birth | 17 February 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Albert Park, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 September 1968 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Parkville, Victoria | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1920 | St Kilda | 5 (8) | |
1921–1924 | Hawthorn (VFA) | 72 | (99)|
1925 | Hawthorn | 15 | (16)|
Total | 92 (123) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans, MM (17 February 1895 – 11 September 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Yeomans was born in Albert Park, Melbourne, in 1895, the only child of Richard Eli Yeomans and Norah Teresa Cameron.
Yeomans enlisted to fight in World War I in January 1916[3] and fought in France, receiving the Military Medal for his actions in the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in September 1918.[4]
Yeomans played two senior games for St Kilda in the 1920 VFL season before leaving to join Hawthorn, then in the Victorian Football Association.[5]
He was an immediate success at Hawthorn, establishing himself as one of the leading rovers in the Victorian Football Association at that time.[6] He continued to play for Hawthorn when they joined the VFL in 1925 and was their second highest goal-kicker for the year.
After two years as captain coach of the Tooronga junior side,[7] Yeomans joined Brunswick for the 1928 VFA season,[8] but played only a handful of games.
Hec Yeomans died in 1968 and is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.[9]