Gerald Tanner

Gerald Thomas Tanner (24 August 1921 – 10 January 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Gerald Tanner
Personal information
Full name Gerald Thomas Tanner
Date of birth (1921-08-24)24 August 1921
Place of birth Creswick, Victoria
Date of death 10 January 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 100)
Place of death Wodonga, Victoria
Original team(s) Wodonga, Cobram
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 Richmond 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Aloysius Lindsay Walter Tanner (1890-1990), and Monica Amy Tanner (1895-1963), née Knight,[2][3] Gerald Thomas Tanner was born at Wodonga, Victoria on 24 August 1921.

He married Margaret Raie Murphy (1928-2005) on 12 November 1949.[4] He is the father of former North Melbourne and Melbourne player, Xavier Tanner.

Football

Tanner was originally from Wodonga, played with Cobram in 1939 and 1940. Tanner returned to Wodonga in 1945 and went onto play 120 games with Wodonga, including their 1949 O&MFL grand final loss to Albury.[5]

Death

He turned 100 on 24 August 2021,[6] and died at Wodonga, Victoria on 10 January 2022.[7]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.867.
  2. Marriages: Tanner—Knight, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 March 1918), p.13.
  3. Wodonga Girl Weds, The Border Morning Herald, (Saturday, 19 November 1949), p.6.
  4. Wedding: Tanner Murphy, The Wodonga and Towong Sentinel, (Friday, 18 November 1949), p.2.
  5. "1949 - Wodonga beaten by 32 points". Border Morning Mail. 5 September 1949. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. "Wodonga centenarian Gerald Tanner celebrates his birthday and life". The Border Mail. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. Bartlett, Rhett. "Richmond's oldest living footballer, Gerald Tanner, passed away on January 10th aged 100". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

References
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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