Hec Yeomans

Hec Yeomans
Personal information
Full nameHector Richard Yeomans
Date of birth17 February 1895
Place of birthAlbert Park, Victoria
Date of death11 September 1968 (aged 73)
Place of deathParkville, Victoria
Height/Weight173 cm / 70 kg
Position(s)Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1920
1921–24
1925
Total (VFL)		St Kilda
Hawthorn (VFA)
Hawthorn		5 (8)
72 (99)
15 (16)
20 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1925 season.

Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans (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. He 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 games for St Kilda in the 1920 VFL season before leaving to join Hawthorn, then in the Victorian Football Association.[5] 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 on the sidelines, Yeomans joined Brunswick for the 1928 VFA season,[6] but only played a handful of games. He died in 1968.

References

  1. ↑ "Hec Yeomans - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "Hector Richard YEOMANS". the AIF Project.
  4. ↑ "Honours and Awards - Hector Richard Yeomans". Australian War Memorial.
  5. ↑ "SPORTING.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 7 May 1921. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 10 May 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

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