Tom Leahy

Thomas Joseph Leahy (1888–1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played 111 games with North Adelaide and 58 games with West Adelaide in the SAFL.

A ruckman, Leahy won a Magarey Medal in 1913. He was also a three time best and fairest winner for North Adelaide, in 1911, 1914 and 1919. From 1910 to 1913 he was club captain, leading them again in 1915 and from 1919 to 1921. Leahy represented South Australia at interstate football on 27 occasions during his career.

After retiring as a player he became coach of Norwood and guided them to two premierships.

Leahy was named as the ruckman in North Adelaide's official 'Team of the Century'.

References

Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green • 1899: Malin • 1900: not awarded • 1901: Sandland • 1902: MacKenzie • 1903: Waye • 1904: not awarded • 1905: MacKenzie • 1906: MacKenzie • 1907: Mack • 1908: Tierney • 1909: R. Head • 1910: Hosking • 1911: Cumberland • 1912: Low • 1913: Leahy • 1914: Ashley • 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry • 1916–18: not awarded • 1919: Moriarty • 1920: Moriarty / Richardson • 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott • 1922: Barnes • 1923: Riley • 1924: Scott • 1925: Bampton / Lill • 1926: McGregor • 1927: McGregor • 1928: Handby • 1929: Snell • 1930: Scott • 1931: Sexton • 1932: Pontifex • 1933: Dunn • 1934: Johnston • 1935: Cockburn • 1936: McCallum • 1937: Hawke • 1938: Quinn • 1939: McArthur / Pash • 1940: Brock • 1941: Boyall • 1942–44: not awarded • 1945: Quinn • 1946: Hank • 1947: Hank • 1948: R. Phillips • 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips • 1950: McKay • 1951: Marriott • 1952: Fitzgerald • 1953: Deane • 1954: Fitzgerald • 1955: L. Head • 1956: Boyd • 1957: Benton / Deane • 1958: L. Head • 1959: Fitzgerald • 1960: Barbary • 1961: Halbert • 1962: Eustice • 1963: L. Head • 1964: Motley • 1965: Window • 1966: Kneebone • 1967: Lindner / Obst • 1968: Robran • 1969: Phillis • 1970: Robran • 1971: R. Ebert • 1972: Blight • 1973: Robran • 1974: R. Ebert • 1975: Woite • 1976: R. Ebert • 1977: Trevor Grimwood • 1978: Hodgeman • 1979: Duckworth • 1980: R. Ebert • 1981: Aish • 1982: McGuinness • 1983: Antrobus • 1984: Platten • 1985: Fielke • 1986: Anderson • 1987: Jarman • 1988: Whittlesea • 1989: McAdam • 1990: Hodges • 1991: Naley • 1992: Buckley • 1993: B. Phillips • 1994: McIntosh • 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh • 1996: Francou • 1997: Atkinson / Jarman • 1998: Osborn • 1999: Squire • 2000: Squire • 2001: Brown / O'Connor • 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald • 2003: B. Ebert • 2004: Thomas • 2005: Clayton • 2006: Backwell • 2007: Allan • 2008: Crane • 2009: Archard / Ezard • 2010: Allan • 2011: Allan

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

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Name	Leahy, Tom
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Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	1888
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Date of death	1964
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