Tom McCluskey

Tom McCluskey
Personal information
Full name Thomas Miller McCluskey
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 Passchendaele, Belgium
Original team(s) Shepparton
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Carlton 4 (0)
1911 Fitzroy 5 (0)
Total 9 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Miller McCluskey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League. McCluskey went on to play with Footscray in the VFA after his VFL career.[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Miller McCluskey (1843-1929),[2] and Jessie Blair McCluskey (1855-1897), née Bell.[3]

Military

McCluskey served on the Western Front during World War I, being killed when a German artillery shell landed right where he was standing in October 1917.[4][5]

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. ↑ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  5. ↑ For Empire's Sake: A Shepparton Footballer: How Tom McCluskey Met His Death, The Kyabram Guardian, (Friday, 10 May 1918), p.4.

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