George McLaren (Australian footballer)

George McLaren
Personal information
Full name	George McLaren
Date of birth	22 March 1925
Original team	Essendon District
Height/Weight	170 cm / 68 kg
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944-51	Footscray	139 (24)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1951 season .

George McLaren (born 22 March 1925) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and early 1950s.

A wingman, McLaren was recruited from the Essendon District League. He started out at Footscray in 1944 and two years later represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia. In the 1951 season, his last, McLaren filled in as coach for a game against Richmond which they won by 26 points.

References

George McLaren (Australian footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: Saunders • 1926: Cassidy • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929: Eason • 1930: Hopkins • 1931–1933: Cubbins • 1934–1935: Morrison • 1935–1937: Coventry • 1937–1940: Kelly • 1941–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Crowe • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1957: Sutton • 1951: McLaren • 1952; 1953: Donald • 1957–1966: Whitten • 1959; 1960: Ryan • 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay • 1967–1968: Sutton • 1969–1971: Whitten • 1972–1975: Rose • 1976–1978: Goggin • 1978–1979: McKenzie • 1980–1982: Hart • 1981: Goode • 1982–1983: Hampshire • 1984–1989: Malthouse • 1990–1994: Wheeler • 1994–1996: Joyce • 1996–2002: Wallace • 2002–2004: Rohde • 2005–2011: Eade • 2011: Williams • 2012–: McCartney

Italics denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Maclaren, George
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Date of birth	22 March 1925
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