Roy McEachen

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1913}}

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| name = Roy McEachen

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| fullname = Roy McEachen

| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|6|7|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|12|22|1913|6|7|df=yes}}

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| originalteam = Caulfield{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164463367 |title=FOOTBALL—Cont. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Vic. |date=17 March 1934 |accessdate=13 January 2015 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 80 kg

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| statsend = 1936

| years1 = 1935–1936

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 17 (1)

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Roy McEachen (7 June 1913 – 22 December 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

McEachen first broke into the South Melbourne team in the third round of the 1935 VFL season and played in every game until round 15, when he received a four-week suspension for striking Jack Smith of North Melbourne.The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11759702 "Footballer Suspended For Month"], 21 August 1935, p. 18 He returned in time to appear as South Melbourne's reserve in the 1935 VFL Grand Final and kicked the only goal of his career in the loss.{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Roy_McEachen.html |title=AFL Tables: Roy McEachen |website=afltables.com}}

Early in 1936, McEachen left the state to take up the position of captain-coach of New South Wales club Narrandera in the South West Football League (New South Wales).The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11036547 "South Clears McEachen"], 22 May 1936, p. 17

In December 1937, McEachen died after a short illness. He had moved back to Melbourne and had re-joined South Melbourne with the aim to play in the 1938 season.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164494601 |title=DEATH OF RAY McEACHEN. |newspaper=The Record |location=Emerald Hill, Vic. |date=25 December 1937 |accessdate=31 July 2015 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}