Tom MacKenzie | |
Fullname: | Thomas David MacKenzie |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1882 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Death Place: | Southwark, South Australia |
Position: | Centreman |
Club1: | West Torrens |
Years1: | 1900–04, 1909–14 |
Games Goals1: | 121 (45) |
Club2: | North Adelaide |
Years2: | 1905–1908 |
Games Goals2: | 54 (4) |
Games Goalstotal: | 175 (49) |
Statsend: | 1914 |
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Thomas David MacKenzie (4 October 188228 November 1927) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) South Australian Football Association (SAFA)/South Australian Football League (SAFL).
MacKenzie was the first man to win three Magarey Medals as the fairest and most brilliant player in the competition. He was a cool centreman who excelled under pressure.
He later served in World War I, being wounded several times while fighting in France.[1]
In 1996 MacKenzie was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.[2] In 2002 he was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.