Tom Reardon

Tom Reardon
Personal information
Full name Thomas De Brot Reardon
Date of birth (1887-07-13)13 July 1887
Place of birth Broomfield, Victoria
Date of death 13 March 1943(1943-03-13) (aged 55)
Place of death Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Golden Point (BFL)
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Fitzroy 16 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas De Brot Reardon (13 July 1887 – 13 March 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Reardon (1857–1940),[2] and Isabella (1856–1922),[3] née Couttie, Thomas Reardon was born in Broomfield (near Ballarat) on 13 July 1887. His birth was registered under the name Thomas Henry Reardon but all adult records record his name as Thomas De Brot Reardon.

He married Alice Eva Elizabeth Charlesworth in Sydney on 10 December 1913. They had five children together, returning to live in Footscray, Victoria shortly after getting married.

Football

Golden Point (BFL)

Reardon was a leading player for Golden Point in the Ballarat Football League from 1908 to 1910.[4]

Fitzroy (VFL)

He played 16 games for Fitzroy in 1911, making his debut in Round 3 and playing every game for the rest of the season.[5] He was cleared from Fitzroy back to Golden Point at the start of the 1912 season.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 734. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 26, 693. Victoria, Australia. 4 November 1940. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 23, 639. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1922. p. 1.
  4. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. Vol. 53, no. 16, 254. Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1908. p. 1.
  5. ^ "CLUB NOTES". The Argus. No. 20, 231. Victoria, Australia. 26 May 1911. p. 4.
  6. ^ "BALLARAT FOOTBALL LEAGUE". The Ballarat Star. Vol. 57, no. 17, 445. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1912. p. 1.


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