David Twomey (born 21 February 1961) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Collingwood in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
A member of Collingwood's famous Twomey family, David is the grandson of
Bill Twomey senior and nephew of 1953 premiership players
Bill,
Mick and
Pat.
He was recruited to Collingwood from Ivanhoe Amateurs and played his football mostly as a half back flanker. Despite appearing in the 1980
Preliminary Final win, Twomey was omitted from the Grand Final team for
Ricky Barham. He did however get to play in the
1981 VFL Grand Final, performing well in a losing side. The 1981 season, was along with 1984, the only time he was able to put together regular appearances. His efforts in 1984 earned him six
Brownlow Medal
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votes, which was the equal second most by a Collingwood player that year.
References
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1961 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Ivanhoe Amateurs Football Club players
Living people