Tom MacKenzie

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Tom MacKenzie

| image =

| fullname = Thomas David MacKenzie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|10|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|11|28|1882|10|4|df=yes}}

| death_place = Southwark, South Australia

| height =

| weight =

| position = Centreman

| club1 = West Torrens

| years1 = 1900–04, 1909–14

| games_goals1 = 121 (45)

| club2 = North Adelaide

| years2 = 1905–1908

| games_goals2 = 54 (4)

| games_goalstotal = 175 (49)

| statsend = 1914

| careerhighlights =

  • Captain of West Torrens, 1911–1913
  • 1905 premiership player
  • Triple Magarey Medallist – 1902, 1905 and 1906
  • South Australian representative 20 matches

}}

Thomas David MacKenzie (4 October 1882{{spaced ndash}}28 November 1927) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) South Australian Football Association (SAFA)/South Australian Football League (SAFL).

MacKenzie was the first man to win three Magarey Medals as the fairest and most brilliant player in the competition. He was a cool centreman who excelled under pressure.

He later served in World War I, being wounded several times while fighting in France.{{cite web |url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/41879 |title=Discovering Anzacs: Thomas David McKenzie |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}

In 1996 MacKenzie was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.{{cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |isbn=0-7322-6426-X |pages=96}} In 2002 he was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.

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