Thomas Donovan Arklay | |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1914 |
Originalteam: | North Geelong |
Height: | 179 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1944 |
Years1: | 1933–1941, 1944 |
Club1: | Geelong |
Games Goals1: | 137 (45) |
Coachyears1: | 1944 |
Coachclub1: | Geelong |
Coachgames Wins1: | 18 (1–17–0) |
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Tom Arklay (26 March 1914 - 11 January 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
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]