Tom Crane (footballer)

Tom Crane (21 December 1921 – 20 May 2010)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Tom Crane
Personal information
Date of birth 21 December 1921
Date of death 20 May 2010(2010-05-20) (aged 88)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1945 South Melbourne 7 (1)
1945 North Melbourne 1 (0)
Total 8 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Crane, a defender, was never a regular fixture in the South Melbourne team, playing just seven games in four seasons at the club.[2] He crossed to North Melbourne during the 1945 VFL season, where his brother Jack played. Another brother, Len, was a South Melbourne and Hawthorn footballer.[3]

He joined Northcote in 1946.[4]

References
  1. "Thomas Luke Crane". ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. "AFL Tables: Tom Crane". afltables.com.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. The Argus,"Brunswick Leader Out Of Team", 3 May 1946, p. 15
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