Hec Yeomans

Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans, MM was an Australian [rules football]er who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian [Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League].

Early life

Yeomans was born in Albert Park, Melbourne, in 1895, the only child of Richard Eli Yeomans and Norah Teresa Cameron.

Yeomans enlisted to fight in World War I in January 1916 and fought in France, receiving the Military Medal for his actions in the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in September 1918.

Yeomans played two senior games for St Kilda in the 1920 VFL season before leaving to join Hawthorn, then in the Victorian Football Association.
He was an immediate success at Hawthorn, establishing himself as one of the leading rovers in the Victorian Football Association at that time. 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 as captain coach of the Tooronga junior side, Yeomans joined Brunswick for the 1928 VFA season, but played only a handful of games.

Hec Yeomans died in 1968 and is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.