Tom Kennedy (Australian footballer)

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

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]

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[]

^ "Tom Kennedy - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ 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.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Age (22525). Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1927. p. 15.
^ "World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Thoams Morris Kennedy (V366823)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
^ Deaths: Kennedy, The Age, (Wednesday, 15 May 1968), p.25.

External links[]

Tom Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Tom Kennedy's profile at Blueseum.
T. M. Kennedy, at The VFA Project.

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[1] "Tom Kennedy - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[encyc-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 (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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