Tom Moloughney (footballer)

Tom Moloughney
Personal information
Full name Thomas Moloughney
Date of birth (1888-10-08)8 October 1888
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 27 July 1977(1977-07-27) (aged 88)
Place of death Brighton, Victoria
Original team(s) Leopold (MJFA)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Fitzroy 1 (0)
1915 St Kilda 1 (0)
Total 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Moloughney (8 October 1888 – 27 July 1977) was an amateur athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Moloughney (-1923),[2] and Margaret Moloughney (-1914), née Quan,[3] Thomas Moloughney was born at Melbourne on 8 October 1888.

He married Bessie Harris Tyack (1888-1975), at Hawthorn, Victoria, on 28 April 1917.[4]

Football

Fitzroy (VFL)

Recruited from Melbourne Junior Football Association (MJFA) club Leopold, Moloughney made his debut in Round 1 of the 1911 VFL season.[5]

St Kilda (VFL)

Recruited from South Melbourne C.Y.M.S.,[6] he played in one match for the St Kilda First XVIII, against Melbourne, at the Junction Oval, on 29 May 1915.[7][8]

Death

He died at Brighton, Victoria on 27 July 1977.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.621.
  2. ^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Monday, 19 November 1923), p. 1.
  3. ^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Tuesday, 8 September 1914), p. 1.
  4. ^ Marriages: Moloughney—Tyack", The Age, (30 July 1917), p. 5.
  5. ^ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.
  6. ^ Football: Practice Matches: St. Kilda v. Collingwood, The Herald, (Saturday, 17 April 1915), p.10.
  7. ^ St. Kilda v. Melbourne, The Herald, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.3: note that he was listed as M‘Loughney.
  8. ^ Melbourne (13.11) beat St. Kilda (9.11), The Age, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.13: note that he was listed as Moloney.
  9. ^ "Deaths: Moloughney", The Age, (28 July 1977), p. 21.

References

  • 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.

External links

  • Tom Moloughney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Tom Moloughney at AustralianFootball.com
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