Patrick Twomey (2 April 1929 – 22 November 1969) was an
Australian rules football
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er, who played in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Family
The son of the Collingwood footballer and 1924
Stawell Gift
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winner,
William Patrick "Bill" Twomey (1899-1977), and Rose Ellen Twomey (1893-1984), née Lovett, Patrick Twomey was born on 2 April 1929. Two of his three brothers,
William Joseph "Bill" Twomey (1927–1996), and
Michael John "Mick" Twomey (1931–2015), also played for Collingwood.
He married Pauline Anne Hogan on 12 November 1952.
Football
Collingwood (VFL)
Pat Twomey joined
Collingwood in 1947. He had two stints with the Magpies, separated by a spell with the
Warragul Football Club
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in the
Central Gippsland Football League.
Twomey mainly played across the centreline or on a flank and started as a winger. He was tough, fast, and was a tireless contributor in his appearances for Collingwood, with a long driving left-foot kick and a good mark.
His last game for Collingwood was in the
1953 Grand Final. He was on the half-forward flank, his older brother, Bill, was the centre, and his younger brother, Mick, was second ruck, resting in the forward pocket. The team won the premiership.
He retired, on medical advice, before the 1954 season.
Death
He died on 22 November 1969.
Patrick Twomey, at ''Find a Grave'' (photograph of headstone).
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1929 births
1969 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Warragul Football Club players
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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