Tom Arklay

Thomas Donovan Arklay
Personal information
Born (1914-03-26)26 March 1914
Died 11 January 2002(2002-01-11) (aged 87)
Original team North Geelong
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933–1941, 1944 Geelong 137 (45)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1944 Geelong 18 (1–17–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Arklay (26 March 1914 – 11 January 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Career

A Geelong local, Arklay made his senior debut 1933. He was a tough and physical player, mostly used on the half back flank and also as a ruck rover. In both 1938 and 1940 he won Geelong's best and fairest and was a premiership player in 1937.[2]

Arklay left the club after the 1941 VFL season which he had spent as captain. In 1944 however he made a comeback, as captain-coach before retiring at the season's end.[1]

Arklay later coached in rural Victoria for a number of years at - Casterton, Lascelles, Warracknabeal, Woomelang-Lascelles and King Valley,[3] winning four premierships during that time - Casterton - 1945, Lascelles - 1946[4][5] and 1949[6] and Warracknabeal in 1947.[7]

Arklay was still playing club and representative football in 1951 for Woomelang-Lascelles in the Southern Mallee Football League.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b John Devaney. "Tom Arklay". AustralianFootball.com/. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ^ Johnson Leung. "Ratten replaces Bradley as Blues captain". afana. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "1955 - Cats "Coach" for KV". Wangaratta Chronicle. 26 March 1955. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "1946 - Country Sports Results (Football)". Trove Newspapers. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 9 September 1946. p. 14. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Warracknabeal secures a coach". The Horsham Times (Vic). 4 March 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Stawell has easy win. (Southern Mallee League)". Trove Newspapers. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 5 September 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "1947 - 10,000 Crowd Sees Warracknabeal's Premiership Win". Trove Newspapers. The Horsham Times (Vic). 23 September 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Win Over S. Mallee". Trove Newspapers. The Horsham Times (Vic). 13 June 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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