Tom McLachlan

Thomas ‘Tommy’ Alroe McLachlan (1912-1986) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).

A South Sydney junior, McLachlan made his 1st grade debut for that club in 1931.

In 1934 Tommy McLachlan joined the Eastern Suburbs club where he remained until his retirement at the end of the 1937 Season. A hooker, McLachlan played in some of East’s greatest sides, winning premierships with the club in 1935, ’36 and ’37. He was also a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by Western Suburbs in the 1934 premiership decider.

McLachlan went on to become president of the Australian Postal Workers’ Union.