Gordon Yea

Gordon Yea
Personal information
Full name Gordon Albert Yea
Date of birth (1924-11-13)13 November 1924
Place of birth Mitta Mitta, Victoria
Date of death 12 August 2020(2020-08-12) (aged 95)
Original team(s) Mitta Mitta[1]
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948 North Melbourne 2 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon Albert Yea (13 November 1924 – 12 August 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Yea was recruited from Mitta Mitta[3] and played with Essendon's Reserves in 1947[4] prior to playing with North Melbourne in 1948.[5]

Yea made his debut with Brunswick in July 1949.[6]

He died in August 2020 at the age of 95.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "1944 - Fernvale v Mitta Mitta". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 20 July 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 978. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "1947 - CLEGG UNABLE TO TRAIN". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 31 March 1947. p. 27. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ Kevin Hogan (13 June 1947). "1947 - MELBOURNE CAPTAIN TO PLAY AFTER FIVE WEEKS SPELL". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). p. 28. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ "1948 - Fraser And Cook Left Out By Richmond". The Argus. 13 August 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "1949 - Eight Changes". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 1 July 1949. p. 24. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Death Notice". Weekly Times Now. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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