Tom Crane (footballer)

Tom Crane
Personal information
Date of birth 21 December 1921
Date of death 20 May 2010(2010-05-20) (aged 88)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1945 South Melbourne 7 (1)
1945 North Melbourne 1 (0)
Total 8 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Crane (21 December 1921 – 20 May 2010)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Crane, a defender, was never a regular fixture in the South Melbourne team, playing just seven games in four seasons at the club.[2] He crossed to North Melbourne during the 1945 VFL season, where his brother Jack played. Another brother, Len, was a South Melbourne and Hawthorn footballer.[3]

He joined Northcote in 1946.[4]

  1. ^ "Thomas Luke Crane". ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ "AFL Tables: Tom Crane". afltables.com.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ^ The Argus,"Brunswick Leader Out Of Team", 3 May 1946, p. 15