Tom Reynolds (footballer)

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Tom Reynolds
Personal information
Birth November 21, 1916,
Recruited from
Height and weight 180 cm / 85 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1937, Essendon vs. , at
Team(s) Essendon (1937-44)
  • 109 games, 361 goals

St Kilda (1945)

  • 4 games, 8 goals

Total - 113 Games, 369 Goals

¹ Statistics to end of 1945 season
Career highlights

  • 1942 premiership

Tom Reynolds (born November 21, 1916), the brother of three times Brownlow Medal winner Dick Reynolds and cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy, was a Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.

Reynolds was a forward and passed 50 goals in a season on 4 occasions, topping Essendon's goalkicking each time.

His best effort was a tally of 71 goals in 1939 which included a haul of 10 in a game against Hawthorn.

His end of season tally was a club record until passed by John Coleman a decade later.

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