Thomas Heaney

Thomas Heaney
Personal information
Date of birth	2 April 1888
Date of death	17 August 1928 (aged 40)
Original team(s)	Richmond (VFA)
Height/Weight	178cm / 86kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908-1913 1913-1921 Total -	Richmond Fitzroy	056 0(37) 098 0(95) 154 (132)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921 season.
Career highlights
Fitzroy premiership player: 1913 & 1916 Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1916

Thomas Heaney (2 April 1888 – 17 August 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFA between 1906 and 1907 then in the VFL from 1908 until 1913 for the Richmond Football Club. He played for the Fitzroy Football Club between 1913 and 1917 and then again between 1919 and 1921. Finally he played three games for the Port Melbourne Football Club back in the VFA in 1922.

Heaney died from illness, on 17 August 1928, aged 40.^[1]

References

1. "Old Footballer Passes.". The Advocate (Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 23 August 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996