Thomas Heaney

Australian rules footballer (1888–1928)

Australian rules footballer
Thomas Heaney
Cigarette card of Heaney in 1910
Personal information
Full name Thomas Francis Heaney
Born 2 April 1888
Collingwood, Victoria
Died 17 August 1928(1928-08-17) (aged 40)
Cheltenham, Victoria
Original team Richmond (VFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908–1913 Richmond 56 (37)
1913–1921 Fitzroy 98 (95)
Total 154 (132)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Career highlights
  • Fitzroy premiership player: 1913 & 1916
  • Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1916
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Heaney (2 April 1888 – 17 August 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFA between 1906 and 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 until 1913 for the Richmond Football Club. He played for the Fitzroy Football Club between 1913 and 1917 and then again between 1919 and 1921. Finally he played three games for the Port Melbourne Football Club back in the VFA in 1922.

Death

Heaney died from illness, on 17 August 1928, aged 40.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ "Old Footballer Passes". The Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania. 23 August 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

References

  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
  • Thomas Heaney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Thomas Heaney at AustralianFootball.com


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