Thomas Partridge Reynolds (21 November 1917 – 7 November 2002), was an
Australian rules
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 ...
footballer who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
VFL.
Family
The son of William Meader Reynolds (1886—1940) and Mary James Reynolds, née Thompson (1885—1941), and one of seven children, Thomas Partridge Reynolds was born on 21 November 1917. He died on 7 November 2002. He was the brother of three times
Brownlow Medal
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winner
Dick Reynolds
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow ...
and the cousin of Richmond champion player and coach
Max Oppy
William Maxwell Oppy (14 October 1924 – 25 November 2008) was an Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1942 and 1954 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senio ...
.
Essendon
Reynolds was a forward and kicked more than 50 goals in a season on 4 occasions — Essendon's leading goalkicker each time — with his 71 goals in 1939 (his best season) including 10 goals in the round 10 (24 June 1939) high scoring match against Hawthorn, at
Windy Hill Windy Hill or Windy Hills may refer to:
Places
* Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area
* Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia
* Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on t ...
(Essendon 19.11 (125) to Hawthorn 16.19 (115)).
His end of season tally was a club record until passed by
John Coleman a decade later.
St Kilda
Having transferred from Essendon to St Kilda, Reynolds played four matches (rounds 4, 5, 6, and 7) and kicked 8 goals for St Kilda, before transferring to Sandringham in June 1945.
Sandringham
Although interested in playing with Brunswick, he transferred to Sandringham in June 1945, playing his first game (at full-forward) on 30 June 1945, where he kicked two goals and was one of Sandringham's best players. He played for Sandringham in the 1945 season; in all, he played in 8 matches and scored 18 goals.
Cranbourne
Given a clearance from Sandringham, Reynolds was appointed captain-coach of Cranbourne, in the Dandenong District Football Association in 1946.
Tom Reynolds to Coach Cranbourne, ''The Dandenong Journal'', (Wednesday, 6 March 1946), p.1How Cranbourne got on to Tom Reynolds, ''The Dandenong Journal'', (Wednesday, 20 March 1946), p.12.
/ref> He retired at the end of the 1947 season.
Notes
References
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
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Boyles Football Photos: Tom Reynolds
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1917 births
2002 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club premiership players
St Kilda Football Club players
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Essendon, Victoria
20th-century Australian sportsmen