Tom Moloughney (footballer)
| Tom Moloughney | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Moloughney | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 1977 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Brighton, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Leopold (MJFA) | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911 | Fitzroy | 1 (0) | |
| 1915 | St Kilda | 1 (0) | |
| Total | 2 (0) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Tom Moloughney (8 October 1888 – 27 July 1977) was an amateur athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family[edit]
The son of Thomas Moloughney (-1923),[2] and Margaret Moloughney (-1914), née Quan,[3] Thomas Moloughney was born at Melbourne on 8 October 1888.
He married Bessie Harris Tyack (1888-1975), at Hawthorn, Victoria, on 28 April 1917.[4]
Football[edit]
Fitzroy (VFL)[edit]
Recruited from Melbourne Junior Football Association (MJFA) club Leopold, Moloughney made his debut in Round 1 of the 1911 VFL season.[5]
St Kilda (VFL)[edit]
Recruited from South Melbourne C.Y.M.S.,[6] he played in one match for the St Kilda First XVIII, against Melbourne, at the Junction Oval, on 29 May 1915.[7][8]
Death[edit]
He died at Brighton, Victoria on 27 July 1977.[9]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.621.
- ^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Monday, 19 November 1923), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Tuesday, 8 September 1914), p. 1.
- ^ Marriages: Moloughney—Tyack", The Age, (30 July 1917), p. 5.
- ^ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.
- ^ Football: Practice Matches: St. Kilda v. Collingwood, The Herald, (Saturday, 17 April 1915), p.10.
- ^ St. Kilda v. Melbourne, The Herald, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.3: note that he was listed as M‘Loughney.
- ^ Melbourne (13.11) beat St. Kilda (9.11), The Age, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.13: note that he was listed as Moloney.
- ^ "Deaths: Moloughney", The Age, (28 July 1977), p. 21.
References[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links[edit]
- Tom Moloughney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Tom Moloughney at AustralianFootball.com
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