George Cochrane (footballer)

George Cochrane
Personal information
Full name	George Cochrane
Date of birth	25 September 1877
Date of death	31 December 1914 (aged 37)
Original team(s)	Wesley College
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897 1901–1904 Total	Essendon Essendon	02 (1) 20 (3) 22 (4)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904 season.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player 1897

George Cochrane (25 September 1877 – 31 December 1914) was an Australian rules football player at the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Cochrane made his debut against Collingwood in one of the finals of the season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He left the club at the end of the season to fight in the Boer War, before returning in 1901 to play 20 more games over four seasons.^[1]

He committed suicide by hanging on 31 December 1914.^[2]

References

1. "COCHRANE, George". Essendon FC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. "MAN HANGS HIMSELF.". Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 9 January 1915. p. 38. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

External links

• George Cochrane's statistics from AFL Tables
• George Cochrane's profile from AustralianFootball.com