Full name Hector Richard Yeomans Name Hec Yeomans Height/Weight 173 cm / 70 kg | ||
Date of birth (1895-02-17)17 February 1895 Date of death 11 September 1968(1968-09-11) (aged 73) Died September 11, 1968, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia | ||
Place of birth Albert Park, Victoria | ||
Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans, MM (17 February 1895 – 11 September 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Yeomans was born in Albert Park, Melbourne in 1895, the only child of Richard Eli Yeomans and Norah Teresa Cameron. He 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 games for St Kilda in the 1920 VFL season before leaving to join Hawthorn, then in the Victorian Football Association. 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 on the sidelines, Yeomans joined Brunswick for the 1928 VFA season, but only played a handful of games. He died in 1968.