| Maurie Sankey | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Maurice Sankey | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1940 | ||
| Date of death | November 1965 | ||
| Original team | Latrobe | ||
| Height/Weight | 193 cm / 87 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1959-65 | Carlton | 100 (61) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1965 season .
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Maurie Sankey (born 9 February 1940 – November 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Sankey was from Tasmania and played his early football at Latrobe. A ruckman, he participated in Carlton's 1959 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon in just his third VFL appearance. He would later, in 1962, get to play in a Grand Final but again it was in a losing team, with Essendon victors.
He became club vice-captain in 1964 and brought up his 100th league match the following season.
In November 1965, Sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision.