Tommy Worle | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Henry Worle | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 31 July 1917 | (aged 32)||
Place of death | Armentières, France | ||
Original team(s) | Abbotsford | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1907 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Tommy Worle (21 January 1885 – 31 July 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action, in France, in World War I.
One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845–1915), [1] and Eliza Worle (1857–1912), née Dennis, [2] Thomas Henry Worle was born at Collingwood on 21 January 1885. His brother, Leonard Victor Worle (1889–1948) played for Essendon.
He married Elsie Maud Courtis in 1912; his brother-in-law, Harry Courtis, was killed in action on 20 May 1915. [3]
He played three games for the Collingwood First XVIII in 1907.
He was cleared from Collingwood, where he had been playing in the Reserves during the 1908 season, to Brunswick (VFA) in 1909. [4]
In April 1910, he was cleared from Brunswick to play for the Collingwood District Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association. [5] [6]
In 1914 he was playing for his local team, Alphington, in the Heidelberg District Football League. [7] He played in both 1914 and 1915. [8]
He enlisted in the First AIF in January 1916. [9] [10]
He was killed in action near Armentières, in northern France on 31 July 1917. [11] [12]
Tommy Worle | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Henry Worle | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 31 July 1917 | (aged 32)||
Place of death | Armentières, France | ||
Original team(s) | Abbotsford | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1907 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Tommy Worle (21 January 1885 – 31 July 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action, in France, in World War I.
One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845–1915), [1] and Eliza Worle (1857–1912), née Dennis, [2] Thomas Henry Worle was born at Collingwood on 21 January 1885. His brother, Leonard Victor Worle (1889–1948) played for Essendon.
He married Elsie Maud Courtis in 1912; his brother-in-law, Harry Courtis, was killed in action on 20 May 1915. [3]
He played three games for the Collingwood First XVIII in 1907.
He was cleared from Collingwood, where he had been playing in the Reserves during the 1908 season, to Brunswick (VFA) in 1909. [4]
In April 1910, he was cleared from Brunswick to play for the Collingwood District Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association. [5] [6]
In 1914 he was playing for his local team, Alphington, in the Heidelberg District Football League. [7] He played in both 1914 and 1915. [8]
He enlisted in the First AIF in January 1916. [9] [10]
He was killed in action near Armentières, in northern France on 31 July 1917. [11] [12]