Tom Crane (footballer) explained

Tom Crane
Birth Date:21 December 1921
Height:185 cm
Weight:78 kg
Statsend:1945
Years1:1942–1945
Club1:South Melbourne
Games Goals1:7 (1)
Years2:1945
Club2:North Melbourne
Games Goals2:1 (0)
Games Goalstotal:8 (1)

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).

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]

Notes and References

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