Tom McCluskey
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Tom McCluskey
| image =
| fullname = Thomas Miller McCluskey
| nickname = Tammas
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|8|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kyabram, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|10|4|1890|8|31|df=y}}
| death_place = Broodseinde, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
| originalteam = Shepparton (GVDFA)
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1911
| years1 = 1910
| club1 = Carlton (VFL)
| games_goals1 = 4 (0)
| years2 = 1911
| club2 = Fitzroy (VFL)
| games_goals2 = 5 (0)
| years3 = 1912—1914
| club3 = Footscray (VFA)
| games_goals3 = 45 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 54 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Thomas Miller "Tammas" McCluskey (31 August 1890 – 4 October 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League, and with Footscray in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|569}}
Family
The son of Thomas Miller McCluskey (1843–1929),[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4034581 McCluskey, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1929), p1.] and Jessie Blair McCluskey (1855–1897), née Bell,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1659222 Died on Service McCluskey, The Argus, (Monday, 29 October 1917), p.1.] Thomas Miller McCluskey, known to his family as "Tammas", was born in Kyabram, on 31 August 1890.
Football
=Carlton (VFL)=
A half-back flanker, McCluskey was recruited from Shepparton Football Club, by the Carlton Secretary, Arthur Ford, who, having been alerted to the potential of McCluskey, had gone to see a match between Tatura and Shepparton on Wednesday 24 August 1910, and was so impressed that he immediately signed up both Shepparton's McClusky and Tatura's Archie Wilson.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241978799 Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.]
Wilson and McClusky both made their debut for Carlton against Richmond, at Princes Park, on the following Saturday, 27 August 1910, and both played for the Carlton First XVIII that lost to Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final, which was the last of McCluskey's four senior games for Carlton.
=Fitzroy (VFL)=
In 1911 he transferred to Fitzroy, where he played 5 senior games.
=Footscray (VFA)=
In 1912 McCluskey was living and working in Footscray, and on 24 April 1912, he was granted a clearance from Fitzroy to play with Footscray.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page382113 Football: Victorian League: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 25 April 1912), p.5.] He played 45 matches in three seasons (1912–1914).
Military
McCluskey served on the Western Front during World War I, being killed by a German artillery shell during the Battle of Broodseinde.{{cite book | author=Cullen, Barbara | title=Harder than Football: League Players at War | year=2015 | page= 50 |publication-date=2015 | location=Richmond, Victoria | publisher=Slattery Media Group | isbn=978-0-992379-14-8}}[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154183258 For Empire's Sake: A Shepparton Footballer: How Tom McCluskey Met His Death, The Kyabram Guardian, (Friday, 10 May 1918), p.4.]
See also
Footnotes
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References
- [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1651225 Roll of Honour: Thomas Miller McCluskey (3107), "Australian War Museum"".]
- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=1939952&D=D World War I Service Record: Thomas McCluskey (3107), ''National Archives of Australia".]
- [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155177509 Australia's Roll of Honor: 352nd Casualty List: Victoria: Killed in Action, The Age, (Friday, 16 November 1917), p.9.]
- [http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2015-04-21/the-great-fallen-thomas-mccluskey Tapner, Warren, "The Great Fallen: Thomas McCluskey", carltonfc.com, 21 April 2015.]
External links
- {{AFL Tables | T/Tom_McCluskey }}
- [http://www.blueseum.org/Tom+McCluskey Blueseum: Tom McCluskey Profile]
- [https://australianfootball.com/players/player//2651 Tom McCluskey, australianfootball.com]
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/McCluskey,_Tom_'Tammas'.php Tom 'Tammas' McCluskey, at The VFA Project.]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
Category:Shepparton Football Club players
Category:Australian military personnel killed in World War I