George Frederick "Ted" Regan (6 June 1915 – 9 July 1943) was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 and Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Regan, originally from Elsternwick, was a defender during his brief league career. He started out at Melbourne in 1938 but crossed to Essendon the following year. After not playing at all in 1940, he participated in the 1941 VFL Grand Final

1941 VFL Grand Final

The 1941 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1941. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

 for Essendon as a reserve but finished on the losing side.

A Flight Sergeant with the RAAF in World War II, Regan was killed when his plane was shot down in a battle over Burma on 9 July 1943.