Tom Reynolds (footballer)
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| Tom Reynolds | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Partridge Reynolds | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Essendon, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 November 2002 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Essendon, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Flemington-Kensington | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–1944 | Essendon | 109 (361) | |
| 1945 | St Kilda | 4 (8) | |
| Total | 113 (369) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas Partridge Reynolds (21 November 1917 – 7 November 2002), was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.
Family
[edit]The son of William Meader Reynolds (1886—1940)[1] and Mary James Reynolds, née Thompson (1885—1941),[2] and one of seven children, Thomas Partridge Reynolds was born on 21 November 1917. He died on 7 November 2002. He was the brother of three times Brownlow Medal winner Dick Reynolds and the cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy.
Essendon
[edit]Reynolds was a forward and kicked more than 50 goals in a season on 4 occasions — Essendon's leading goalkicker each time — with his 71 goals in 1939 (his best season) including 10 goals in the round 10 (24 June 1939) high scoring match against Hawthorn, at Windy Hill (Essendon 19.11 (125) to Hawthorn 16.19 (115)).
His end of season tally was a club record until passed by John Coleman a decade later.
St Kilda
[edit]Having transferred from Essendon to St Kilda,[3] Reynolds played four matches (rounds 4, 5, 6, and 7) and kicked 8 goals for St Kilda, before transferring to Sandringham in June 1945.
Sandringham
[edit]Although interested in playing with Brunswick,[4] he transferred to Sandringham in June 1945, playing his first game (at full-forward) on 30 June 1945,[5] where he kicked two goals and was one of Sandringham's best players.[6] He played for Sandringham in the 1945 season; in all, he played in 8 matches and scored 18 goals.[7]
Cranbourne
[edit]Given a clearance from Sandringham, Reynolds was appointed captain-coach of Cranbourne, in the Dandenong District Football Association in 1946.[8] He retired at the end of the 1947 season.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Deaths: Reynolds, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 June 1940), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Reynolds, The Argus, (Wednesday, 2 April 1941), p.4.
- ^ Essendon Players in Demand, The Age, (Wednesday, 9 May 1945), p.7; Taylor, P., "Crane for North", The Argus, (Wednesday, 9 May 1945), p.14; Bright V.F.L. Games Today, The Argus, (Saturday, 12 may 1945), p.8.
- ^ Snapshots from the Grounds, The Age, (Monday, 25 June 1945), p.6.
- ^ Association Teams for Tomorrow, The Argus, (Friday, 29 June 1945) p.13.
- ^ Sandringham Wins, The Age, (Monday, 2 July 1945), p.6.
- ^ Boyles Football Photos.
- ^ Tom Reynolds to Coach Cranbourne, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday, 6 March 1946), p.1; How Cranbourne got on to Tom Reynolds, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday, 20 March 1946), p.12.
References
[edit]- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8