Maurie Sankey Explained

Maurie Sankey
Fullname:Maurice Graham Sankey
Birth Date:9 February 1940
Birth Place:Tasmania
Death Place:Wangaratta, Victoria
Originalteam:Latrobe
Height:193 cm
Weight:87 kg
Position:Ruckman
Statsend:1965
Years1:1959–1965
Club1:Carlton
Games Goals1:100 (61)

Maurice Graham Sankey (9 February 1940 – 21 November 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sankey was from Tasmania and played his early football at Latrobe. A ruckman, he participated in Carlton's 1959 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon in just his third VFL appearance. He would later, in 1962, get to play in a Grand Final but again it was in a losing team, with Essendon victors.

He became club vice-captain in 1964 and brought up his 100th league match the following season.

On 21 November 1965, Sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision near Wangaratta.[1] He was buried in Springvale Cemetery.[2]

Maurice Sankey was posthumously inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame on 23 June 2018.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Blues will honor team mate. . The Age . Melbourne, Victoria . 23 November 1965 . 24.
  2. Web site: Maurice Graham Sankey . Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
  3. Web site: Maurie Sankey . Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.