Tom Fitzmaurice
| Tom Fitzmaurice | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tom Fitzmaurice | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1898 | ||
| Date of death | 25 December 1977 (aged 79) | ||
| Original team | East Melbourne CYMS | ||
| Height/Weight | 192cm / 96kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1918–1924 1925–1928 1932–1935 Total - | Essendon Geelong North Melbourne | 85 (30) 49 (20) 54 (196) 188 (246) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1928 1934 Total - | Geelong North Melbourne | 18 (6-12-0) 8 (0-8-0) 26 (6-20-0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1935 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Tom Fitzmaurice (7 July 1898 – 25 December 1977) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
A brilliant centre halfback, he commenced his career with Essendon Football Club 1918. Transferred to Sydney in 1921 with his employment, Fitzmaurice played that seasons in the local competition and captained New South Wales against Victoria and Tasmania. He rejoined Essendon in 1922 and later formed part of their very successful 1923 and 1924 premiership teams. In the famous Essendon "mosquito fleet" (so called because of the half dozen players 168cms or under) Fitzmaurice was the tallest member of the side at 189 cm.
Fitzmaurice left Essendon after the controversy at the end of the 1924 season when he felt that several Essendon players had deliberately lost a match against Victorian Football Association premiers Footscray.[1]
He played in a premiership team at Geelong Football Club in his first year. Leaving Geelong after 1928, he played with Mortlake and then the VFA side, Yarraville. He returned to the VFL in 1932, playing with North Melbourne. Moving to the forward lines he became their leading goalkicker for three seasons.
In 1996 Fitzmaurice was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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| Preceded by Cliff Rankin |
Captain of Geelong 1928 |
Succeeded by Arthur Coghlan |
References
- ↑ {{url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/ASSH%20Bulletins/No%2030/ASSHBulletin30d.pdf |title=The 1924 Championship Game: did the Dons play dead?|author=Dale James Blair|publication-place=Victoria|date=June 1999|accessdate=23 June 2013|Publisher=ASSH Bulletin|issue=30}}
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 67. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL Hall of Fame
- Full Points Footy Biography: Tom Fitzmaurice
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