Tom McNeil

For the American football player, see Tom McNeill.

Tom McNeil
Personal information
Full name Thomas McNeil
Date of birth (1929-06-09)9 June 1929
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 90)
Place of death Perth, Western Australia.
Original team(s) Hampton Scouts
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Position(s) Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1952 St Kilda 8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas McNeil (9 June 1929 – 24 March 2020[1]) was an Australian rules footballer and politician. He played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1951 and 1952.[2] Disappointed with his treatment during his playing career, McNeil was instrumental in the formation of a players union in 1955, the first attempt at a representative body for VFL players.[3][4] From 1977 to 1989 he was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.[5]

  1. ^ "Vale Thomas McNeil". AFLPA. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Harms was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Don Coleman Finds". The Mirror. Perth. 23 April 1955. p. 16. Retrieved 2 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "A Numerical listing of Members of the Legislative Council since 1890" (PDF). Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2015.