Tom McCluskey

Thomas Miller "Tammas" McCluskey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League, and with Footscray in the VFA.[1]

Tom McCluskey
Personal information
Full name Thomas Miller McCluskey
Nickname(s) Tammas
Date of birth (1890-08-31)31 August 1890
Place of birth Kyabram, Victoria
Date of death 4 October 1917(1917-10-04) (aged 27)
Place of death Broodseinde, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Original team(s) Shepparton
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Carlton (VFL) 4 (0)
1911 Fitzroy (VFL) 5 (0)
1912—1914 Footscray (VFA) 45 (0)
Total 54 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Thomas Miller McCluskey (1843-1929),[2] and Jessie Blair McCluskey (1855-1897), née Bell,[3] Thomas Miller McCluskey, known to his family as "Tammas", was born in Kyabram, on 31 August 1890.

Football

Carlton (VFL)

A half-back flanker, McCluskey was recruited from Shepparton Football Club, by the Carlton Secretary, Arthur Ford, who, having been alerted to the potential of McCluskey, had gone to see a match between Tatura and Shepparton on Wednesday 24 August 1910, and was so impressed that he immediately signed up both Shepparton's McClusky and Tatura's Archie Wilson.[4]

Wilson and McClusky both made their debut for Carlton against Richmond, at Princes Park, on the following Saturday, 27 August 1910, and both played for the Carlton First XVIII that lost to Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final, which was the last of McCluskey's four senior games for Carlton.

Fitzroy (VFL)

In 1911 he transferred to Fitzroy, wj=here he played 5 senior games.

Footscray (VFA)

In 1912 McCluskey was living and working in Footscray, and on 24 April 1912, he was granted a clearance from Fitzroy to play with Footscray.[5] He played 45 matches in three seasons (1912-1914).

Military

McCluskey served on the Western Front during World War I, being killed by a German artillery shell during the Battle of Broodseinde.[6][7]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 569. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. McCluskey, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1929), p1.
  3. Died on Service McCluskey, The Argus, (Monday, 29 October 1917), p.1.
  4. Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.
  5. Football: Victorian League: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 25 April 1912), p.5.
  6. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  7. For Empire's Sake: A Shepparton Footballer: How Tom McCluskey Met His Death, The Kyabram Guardian, (Friday, 10 May 1918), p.4.

References


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