Tom Sadlier Explained

Tom Sadlier
Fullname:Thomas Edward Reginald Sadlier
Birth Date:21 February 1890
Birth Place:Fitzroy North, Victoria
Death Place:South Australia
Originalteam:Williamstown
Height:175 cm
Statsend:1910
Years1:1907
Games Goals1:1 (2)
Years2:1910
Games Goals2:1 (0)
Games Goalstotal:2 (2)

Thomas Edward Reginald Sadlier (21 February 1890 – 26 July 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In between his stints in the VFL, he played for University.[2] He moved to South Australia and played for the Booleroo Centre Football club in the Flinders Ranges. After winning that club's best and fairest medal, and winning the medal for the best player in the Flinders Football Association in 1912, he moved to the city to play with the North Adelaide Football Club. He played four league games in 1913, and spent the 1914 season with the "Bs" side.

When war broke out Sadlier became the first player from the club to enlist, signing up on 20 August 1914. He first saw action at Gallipoli with the 3rd Light Horse, then later in the trenches of France with the 5th Battalion finishing the war as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Returning to Australia on 12 March 1918, he didn't continue playing football after the war and moved to Trundle in New South Wales. His brother, Clifford Sadlier, also enlisted and won the Victoria Cross at the battle of Villers-Bretonneux.

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 781.
  2. News: Old Boy. Club Notes. 27 July 2015. The Argus. 15 July 1910.