Tom Blake (footballer)

Tom Blake
Blake in 1899
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joseph Blake
Date of birth (1872-07-15)15 July 1872
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 3 May 1935(1935-05-03) (aged 62)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) St Kilda Royal
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Carlton 04 (0)
1899–1900 St Kilda 24 (4)
Total 28 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Joseph Blake (15 July 1872 – 3 May 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He captained Carlton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during 1895 and 1896, but relinquished the captaincy to Jimmy Aitken after the club's entrance to the VFL. A year after leaving Carlton, St Kilda requested his experience after failing to win a match in the 1898 season. He went on to play 24 games with St Kilda across two seasons before leaving the league.

His brother James played alongside him in the VFA but did not appears in the VFL. Two more Blake brothers, Mick and George, were footballers, the latter also competing as a track athlete in the Olympic Games.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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