Tom Marinko Explained

Thomas "Tom" Marinko
Fullname:Thomas Keith Marinko
Birth Date:3 August 1941
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia
Death Place:Dingley Village, Victoria
Originalteam:West Perth
Height:193 cm
Weight:94 kg
Position:Ruck / defence
Statsend:1965
Years1:1960–61
Games Goals1:18 (2)
Years2:1964–65
Games Goals2:12 (0)

Thomas Keith Marinko (3 August 1941 – 12 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth, 1960 – 61[1] in the West Australian Football League and, after waiting two years to be cleared on transfer, St Kilda, 1964 – 65, in the Victorian Football League.[2]

Played in the Victorian Football Association, with Prahran Football Club 1968 – 72, kicking two goals in the 1970 premiership winning team,[3] also that year received the Allan Marshall Memorial Award for Best Clubman. He played one season for Box Hill in 1976.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WAFL FootyFacts – MARINKO, Thomas Keith (Tom) . 2022-12-24 . waflfootyfacts.net.
  2. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 551.
  3. Web site: Premierships in Reflection . 2022-12-24 . Prahran Football Club . en.
  4. Web site: The VFA Project . 2022-12-24 . thevfaproject.org.