Tom Reynolds (footballer)

Tom Reynolds
Personal information
Birth 21 November 1916 (1916-11-21) (age 95)
Recruited from Flemington-Kensington
Height and weight 180 cm / 85 kg
Playing career¹
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 21 November 1916), the brother of three times Brownlow Medal winner Dick Reynolds and cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy, was an 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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