Tommy O'Day

Australian rules footballer

Tommy O'Day
Personal information
Full name	Thomas O'Day
Date of birth	8 October 1873
Place of birth	North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	2 September 1905(1905-09-02) (aged 31)
Place of death	Hotham West, Victoria
Original team(s)	Imperials
Debut	Round 1, 1898, Carlton vs. South Melbourne, at Princes Park
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898	Carlton	13 (8)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas O'Day^[1] (8 October 1873 – 2 September 1905) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He then played for the Imperials (a forerunner of East Fremantle) in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), and then for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Football

O'Day made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1898 season. He was only with Carlton for the single season, playing 13 games and kicking 8 goals. The 8 goals he kicked made him the club's leading goal-kicker for that year -- the lowest leading goal tally in the club's history.

Notes

^ Usually given as O'Dea during his playing career,
^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.667.

References

'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5