McLean Family (rugby footballers)

The McLean family were an Australian rugby clan who between them played 77 Tests for the Australian national rugby union team and a number of Tests for the Australian national rugby league team.

The main grandstand at Ballymore, the home of the Queensland Rugby Union, is named the McLean Stand in honour of the family's contribution to Queensland rugby and Australian rugby.

Douglas James McLean (1880 – 1947) was the patriarch. He was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual code international. He represented with the Wallabies in 3 Tests and as a Kangaroo in 2 Tests.

Doug had three sons (Doug Jr, Bill and Jack) who also played for Australia. Three of his grandsons did as well.

Alexander Douglas McLean (1912 – 1961), played 10 Tests for the Wallabies between 1933 and 1936. He too was a dual code international, playing two Kangaroo Tests on the wing and making the 1937 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

William Malcolm McLean (1918 – 1996) played 5 Tests as captain of the Wallabies immediately after World War II. He was selected to lead the national side to tour 1947-48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America. He badly broke a leg early in the tour and did not play in any further Tests. As a Captain in 2/3rd Commando Squadron (Australia) he saw action against the Japanese in World War II.

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