Arthur Cleghorn


Arthur Cleghorn was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League. In the first year of competition, 1897, he became one of the club's and league's first premiership players. Cleghorn made his debut against in round 1 of the season at Corio Oval. He topped the club's goalkicking tally in 1899. He was also a member of Richmond's 1905 Victorian Football Association premiership team.
He died in hospital three weeks after being struck by a car in May 1951.