Tom Kennedy (Australian footballer) explained

Tom Kennedy
Fullname:	Thomas Morris Kennedy
Birth Date:	7 July 1906
Birth Place:	Carlton North, Victoria
Death Place:	Doncaster, Victoria
Statsend:	1927
Years1:	1927
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

Thomas Morris Kennedy (7 July 1906 – 11 May 1968)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Family

The son of Tristam Charles Kennedy (1857–1916) and Daisy Mary Kennedy (1881–1948), née Morris, Thomas Morris Kennedy was born at Carlton North, Victoria on 7 July 1906.

He married Enid Ruby Mavis Tippett (1912–1999) in 1933.

Football

Kennedy was a follower-forward from Chelsea who played one game for Carlton in Round 1 of the 1927 season, playing in a forward pocket when Carlton met South Melbourne at Princes Park.

Kennedy was granted a permit to Brunswick in June 1927,^[3] and subsequently played 18 games for them. During the 1928 season he was granted a clearance to Fitzroy, but he never played a senior game for them.

War service

Kennedy served with Australia’s Volunteer Defence Force during World War II.^[4]

Death

Tom Kennedy died on 11 May 1968.^[5]

External links

• • Tom Kennedy's profile at Blueseum.
• T. M. Kennedy, at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom Kennedy - Player Bio. Australian Football. 13 December 2014.
2. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 447.
3. News: FOOTBALL. . The Age . 22525 . Victoria, Australia . 16 June 1927 . 15.
4. Web site: World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Thoams Morris Kennedy (V366823) . Department of Veterans' Affairs.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XQhiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C2503216 Deaths: Kennedy, The Age, (Wednesday, 15 May 1968), p.25.