Michael John Twomey (25 September 1931 – 14 December 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael John Twomey | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1931 | ||
| Date of death | 14 December 2015 (aged 84) | ||
| Original team(s) | Ballarat (BFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 1951, Collingwood vs. North Melbourne, at Victoria Park | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1951–1961 | Collingwood | 157 (94) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
At 185 centimetres (6 ft 1 in) in height, Collingwood's Mick Twomey was taller than his brothers Bill and Pat. Recruited from Yarra Valley,[1] he played most of his 157 VFL games between 1951 and 1961 as a ruckman. In fact he was short for a ruckman; but he had remarkable spring, and newspapers often carried photos of him seeming to soar over opponents.[2] In the 1958 VFL Grand Final, for instance, the highlights footage from Channel 7 shows him contesting ruck hit-outs and marks with opposing ruckmen who were 11 cm and 13 cm taller.[3]
Over the course of his 10-year career Twomey was a member of five Collingwood Grand Final teams, enjoying premiership success in 1953 and 1958. He died in 2015.[4]
References edit
- ^ Fourth Twomey Gets Permit for Collingwood, The Age, (Thursday, 21 April 1949), p.12.
- ^ See for instance the photo in his obituary in the Melbourne Age. See also the comments in his profile at AustralianFootball.com
- ^ See the players' height statistics from this game for the Melbourne ruckmen Dick Fenton-Smith and Bob Johnson.
- ^ "Collingwood premiership player Mick Twomey dies at 84". The Age. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External links edit
- Mick Twomey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Mick Twomey at AustralianFootball.com
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