{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1890–1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Eric Cochran | image = | fullname = Eric Bennie Cochran | birth_date = {{birth date|1890|06|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|4|12|1890|06|18|df=y}} | death_place = Richmond, Victoria | originalteam = Golden Point | height = 184 cm | weight = 81 kg | position = | statsend = 1912 | years1 = 1912 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 9 (1) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Eric Bennie Cochran''' (18 June 1890 – 12 April 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=153}}</ref> Born in Ballarat and recruited from Golden Point,<ref>[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Eric+Cochran Eric Cochran] – Blueseum. Retrieved 9 September 2015.</ref> he played nine consecutive matches during the later part of the 1912 season, all of which Carlton won. His last game was a semi-final against {{AFL Gee}}; he did not play the following week, when Carlton lost to {{AFL Ess}} in the preliminary final.<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/E/Eric_Cochran.html Eric Cochran] – AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 September 2015.</ref> Cochran holds the record for the most VFL/AFL career games without playing in a losing team.<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/misc_players.html#12 Miscellaneous Player Records] – AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 September 2015.</ref>
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=E/Eric_Cochran.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=Eric%2BCochran/2963}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Eric+Cochran Eric Cochran's profile] at Blueseum
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