Tom Arklay

Tom Arklay
Personal information
Date of birth	26 March 1914
Date of death	11 January 2002 (aged 87)
Original team(s)	North Geelong
Height / weight	179 cm / 83 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1933–1941, 1944	Geelong	137 (45)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1944	Geelong	18 (1–17–0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.

Tom Arklay (26 March 1914 – 11 January 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Career

A Geelong local, Arklay made his senior debut 1933. He was a tough and physical player, mostly used on the half back flank and also as a ruck rover. In both 1938 and 1940 he won Geelong's best and fairest and was a premiership player in 1937.^[2]

Arklay left the club after the 1941 VFL season which he had spent as captain. In 1944 however he made a comeback, as captain-coach before retiring at the season's end.^[1]

References

1. John Devaney. "Tom Arklay". AustralianFootball.com/. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
2. Johnson Leung. "Ratten replaces Bradley as Blues captain". afana. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

External links

• Tom Arklay's statistics from AFL Tables