Tom Arklay

Tom Arklay
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-03-26)26 March 1914
Date of death 11 January 2002(2002-01-11) (aged 87)
Original team(s) North Geelong
Height/Weight 179 cm / 83 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933-1941, 1944 Geelong 137 (45)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1944 Geelong 18 (1-17-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1944 season.

Tom Arklay (26 March 1914 – 11 January 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Career

A Geelong local, Arklay made his senior debut 1933. He was a tough and physical player, mostly used on the half back flank and also as a ruck rover. In both 1938 and 1940 he won Geelong's best and fairest and was a premiership player in 1937.[2]

Arklay left the club after the 1941 VFL season which he had spent as captain. In 1944 however he made a comeback, as captain-coach before retiring at the season's end.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 John Devaney. "Tom Arklay". AustralianFootball.com/. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  2. ↑ Johnson Leung. "Ratten replaces Bradley as Blues captain". afana. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Reg Hickey		 Captain of Geelong
1941 		Succeeded by
Jack Butcher

External links


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