Tom Reynolds (footballer) explained

Tom Reynolds
Fullname:Thomas Partridge Reynolds
Birth Date:21 November 1917
Birth Place:Essendon, Victoria
Death Place:Essendon, Victoria
Originalteam:Flemington-Kensington
Height:180 cm
Weight:85 kg
Statsend:1945
Years1:1937–1944
Club1:Essendon
Games Goals1:109 (361)
Years2:1945
Club2:St Kilda
Games Goals2:4 (8)
Games Goalstotal:113 (369)
Careerhighlights:

Thomas Partridge Reynolds (21 November 1917 – 7 November 2002), was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.

Family

The son of William Meader Reynolds (1886—1940)[1] and Mary James Reynolds, née Thompson (1885—1941),[2] and one of seven children, Thomas Partridge Reynolds was born on 21 November 1917. He died on 7 November 2002. He was the brother of three times Brownlow Medal winner Dick Reynolds and the cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy.

Essendon

Reynolds was a forward and kicked more than 50 goals in a season on 4 occasions — Essendon's leading goalkicker each time — with his 71 goals in 1939 (his best season) including 10 goals in the round 10 (24 June 1939) high scoring match against Hawthorn, at Windy Hill (Essendon 19.11 (125) to Hawthorn 16.19 (115)).

His end of season tally was a club record until passed by John Coleman a decade later.

St Kilda

Having transferred from Essendon to St Kilda,[3] Reynolds played four matches (rounds 4, 5, 6, and 7) and kicked 8 goals for St Kilda, before transferring to Sandringham in June 1945.

Sandringham

Although interested in playing with Brunswick,[4] he transferred to Sandringham in June 1945, playing his first game (at full-forward) on 30 June 1945,[5] where he kicked two goals and was one of Sandringham's best players.[6] He played for Sandringham in the 1945 season; in all, he played in 8 matches and scored 18 goals.[7]

Cranbourne

Given a clearance from Sandringham, Reynolds was appointed captain-coach of Cranbourne, in the Dandenong District Football Association in 1946.[8] He retired at the end of the 1947 season.

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Notes and References

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206772513 Deaths: Reynolds, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 June 1940), p.1.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8186041 Deaths: Reynolds, The Argus, (Wednesday, 2 April 1941), p.4.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204013080 Essendon Players in Demand, The Age, (Wednesday, 9 May 1945), p.7
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204023829 Snapshots from the Grounds, The Age, (Monday, 25 June 1945), p.6.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/980910/31861 Association Teams for Tomorrow, The Argus, (Friday, 29 June 1945) p.13.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204021455 Sandringham Wins, The Age, (Monday, 2 July 1945), p.6.
  7. Boyles Football Photos.
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214792690 Tom Reynolds to Coach Cranbourne, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday, 6 March 1946), p.1