Gordon Yea

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1924–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Gordon Yea

| image =

| fullname = Gordon Albert Yea

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mitta Mitta, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|12|1924|11|13|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Mitta Mitta{{cite web |title=1944 - Fernvale v Mitta Mitta |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/271366510 |publisher=Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) |access-date=20 August 2024 |page=2 |date=20 July 1944}}

| height = 179 cm

| weight = 73 kg

| position = rover

| statsend = 1948

| years1 = 1948

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 2 (2)

| careerhighlights =

}}

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).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=978}}

Yea was recruited from Mitta Mitta{{cite web |title=1947 - CLEGG UNABLE TO TRAIN |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279089286 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=20 August 2024 |page=27 |date=31 March 1947}} and played with Essendon's Reserves in 1947{{cite web |author1=Kevin Hogan |title=1947 - MELBOURNE CAPTAIN TO PLAY AFTER FIVE WEEKS SPELL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279185691 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=20 August 2024 |page=28 |date=13 June 1947}} prior to playing with North Melbourne in 1948.{{cite web |title=1948 - Fraser And Cook Left Out By Richmond |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22682173 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=20 August 2024 |page=12 |date=13 August 1948}}

Yea made his debut with Brunswick in July 1949.{{cite web |title=1949 - Eight Changes |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279448950 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=20 August 2024 |page=24 |date=1 July 1949}}

He died in August 2020 at the age of 95.{{cite web |title=Death Notice |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/yea-gordon/5515283/ |website=Weekly Times Now |accessdate=27 August 2020 |language=en}}