Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Neil Tompkins |
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Full name |
William Neil Tompkins[1] |
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Date of birth |
(1927-01-15)15 January 1927 |
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Place of birth |
Geelong, Victoria |
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Date of death |
20 February 1991(1991-02-20) (aged 64) |
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Original team(s) |
Navy / North Geelong |
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Height |
185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
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Weight |
90 kg (198 lb) |
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Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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1945 |
Geelong |
12 (3) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. |
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Neil Tompkins (15 January 1927 – 20 February 1991)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Tompkins was a member of Royal Australian Navy and played his early football at North Geelong.[3][4] He made all of his 12 appearances for Geelong in the 1945 VFL season.[5] Geelong cleared him to Carlton in 1950 but he didn't play any league football at his new club.[6] He was inducted into the North Geelong Football Club's Hall of Fame in 2014.[7]
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