Thomas Heaney (2 April 1888 – 17 August 1928) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played in the
VFA between 1906 and 1907 then in the
VFL from 1908 until 1913 for the
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...
. He played for the
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of City of Fitzroy, Fitzroy, the club is base ...
between 1913 and 1917 and then again between 1919 and 1921. Finally he played three games for the
Port Melbourne Football Club
The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne. The club was founded in 1874 and has been competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) – ...
back in the VFA in 1922.
Death
Heaney died from illness, on 17 August 1928, aged 40.
Notes
References
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
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1888 births
1928 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Richmond Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Richmond Football Club (VFA) players
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Collingwood, Victoria
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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