Tom Kennedy (Australian footballer)

Thomas Morris Kennedy (7 July 1906 – 11 May 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Tom Kennedy
Personal information
Full name Thomas Morris Kennedy
Date of birth (1906-07-07)7 July 1906
Place of birth Carlton North, Victoria
Date of death 11 May 1968(1968-05-11) (aged 61)
Place of death Doncaster, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Tristam Charles Kennedy (1857–1916) and Daisy Mary Kennedy (1881–1948), née Morris, Thomas Morris Kennedy was born at Carlton North, Victoria on 7 July 1906.

He married Enid Ruby Mavis Tippett (1912–1999) in 1933.

Football

Kennedy was a follower-forward from Chelsea who played one game for Carlton in Round 1 of the 1927 season, playing in a forward pocket when Carlton met South Melbourne at Princes Park.

Kennedy was granted a permit to Brunswick in June 1927,[3] and subsequently played 18 games for them. During the 1928 season he was granted a clearance to Fitzroy, but he never played a senior game for them.

War service

Kennedy served with Australia’s Volunteer Defence Force during World War II.[4]

Death

Tom Kennedy died on 11 May 1968.[5]

Notes
  1. "Tom Kennedy - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 22525. Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1927. p. 15.
  4. "World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Thoams Morris Kennedy (V366823)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  5. Deaths: Kennedy, The Age, (Wednesday, 15 May 1968), p.25.
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