Basil McCormack
| Basil McCormack | |||
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 McCormack 1926 football card | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Basil Milton McCormack | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochester, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 19 February 1973 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Bentleigh, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Rochester | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 79.5 kg (175 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back flank | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–1936 | Richmond | 200 (1) | |
| 1937–1940 | New Town Football Club | 57 (21) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1937–1939 | New Town Football Club | ||
| 1947 | Franklin Football Club | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1947. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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Back Row: Jack Moriarty, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Alan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur “Bull” Coghlan, Herbert White.
Basil Milton McCormack (3 August 1904 – 19 February 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.
Family[edit]
The son of Michael McCormack and Mary McCormack (1865–1950), née Foley,[1] he was born at Rochester, Victoria on 3 August 1904.
Richmond[edit]
A left-foot kick, recruited from Rochester,[2] he played 200 senior games for the Richmond Football Club as a half-back flanker,[3] and represented Victoria on 13 occasions.[4]
Double debut[edit]
Granted his clearance from Rochester to Richmond on Friday, 1 May 1925,[5] he played his first match for Richmond, selected on the half-back flank, against Hawthorn, on 2 May 1925 (round 1). He played well; with the match report noting that "McCormack … who marks and kicks well, [was] looking a very likely man".[6]
It was also the Hawthorn team's first match in the VFL competition, the former VFA club having been admitted (along with Footscray and North Melbourne) in the January of that year.[7]
Tribunal[edit]
He was suspended on two occasions: the first arose from the final on 14 September 1929 for striking (eight weeks), and the second was on 6 May 1933 for elbowing (six weeks).
New Town Football Club[edit]
Approached by Cananore in 1936, he was appointed captain-coach of the Tasmanian Football League's New Town Football Club in 1937.[8] He was captain-coach for three seasons (1937 to 1939), and played a number of senior games in 1940.
Franklin Football Club[edit]
In 1947 he was appointed coach of the Franklin Football Club in the Huon Football Association.[9]
St Virgil's Old Scholars Football Club[edit]
He coached St. Virgil's in the Tasmanian Amateur Football League from 1948 to 1950.
Military[edit]
Having enlisted in the militia in 1939, the transferred to the Second AIF in 1943, and saw action in the Pacific Islands.
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Deaths: McCormack, The Argus, (Friday, 18 August 1950), p.14.
- ^ Bendigo Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 20 September 1924), p.35.
- ^ Until 2020, the VFL/AFL records claimed 199 games, whereas the records of the Richmond Football Club showed 200 games (Hogan (1996), p.137).
- ^ Millard, P.J., "As I See the Game: Nearing 200 Games", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 13 June 1936), p.8; League Notes, The Argus, (Friday, 4 September 1936), p.15.
- ^ Permit Applications, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 May 1925), p.26.
- ^ Hawthorn's Initial Effort: Richmond Too Strong, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1925), p.9, p.10; quote is from p.10.
- ^ The decision to admit the three former VFA teams into the VFL had been made at a full meeting of the VFL on 16 January 1925: League Football: Applications for Admissions: Decision Again Deferred, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 12 January 1925), p.5; Old Boy, "Football League: Admitting More Teams: Old Scheme Revised: Decision Left to Clubs", The Argus, (Tuesday, 13 January 1925), p.13; Football: Three New Clubs Admitted, The Age, (Saturday, 17 January 1925), p.14; League: Three Clubs Admitted, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 January 1925), p.31.
- ^ Football: New Town's New Coach: Appointment of Basil McCormack, The (Hobart) Mercury (Wednesday, 10 February 1937), p.4; Football, The (Hobart) Mercury (Wednesday, 14 April 1937), p.11; North and New Town in Vital Contest, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Friday, 10 September 1937), p.14.
- ^ McCormack to Coach Franklin, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 5 May 1947), p.18.
References[edit]
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
- Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame
External links[edit]
- Basil McCormack's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Basil McCormack at AustralianFootball.com
- Boyles Football Photos: Basil McCormack
- Photograph: Victorian Football League (Team), Visit to Western and South Australia, 1 to 16 July 1929 (State Library of Victoria).
- Militia Enlistment Form: Basil Milton McCormack (TX14087), National Archives of Australia.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Staff Sergeant Basil Milton McCormack TX14087 (T492357)
- 1904 births
- 1973 deaths
- Richmond Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club premiership players
- Jack Dyer Medal winners
- Rochester Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian Army soldiers
- Military personnel from Victoria (state)