A follower, Hearn started his career at South Melbourne but due to the team's success over three seasons he only managed 8 games.
As a result, he moved to Fitzroy during the 1934 season and remained with the club for a decade.
A knee injury the week prior to playing in the 1939 State of Origin, saw him take two years off.
In 1945 he left to captain-coach Williamstown,[2] and he led the club to the VFA premiership in 1945.
[3] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1912 is a stub.