en Tom Moloughney (footballer)

Tom Moloughney
Tom Moloughney
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Moloughney
Date of birth	8 October 1888
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	27 July 1977 (aged 88)
Place of death	Brighton, Victoria
Original team(s)	Leopold (MJFA)
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1911	Fitzroy
1915	St Kilda
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Moloughney (8 October 1888 – 27 July 1977) was an amateur athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Moloughney (-1923),^[2] and Margaret Moloughney (-1914), née Quan,^[3] Thomas Moloughney was born at Melbourne on 8 October 1888.

He married Bessie Harris Tyack (1888-1975), at Hawthorn, Victoria, on 28 April 1917.^[4]

Recruited from Melbourne Junior Football Association (MJFA) club Leopold, Moloughney made his debut in Round 1 of the 1911 VFL season.^[5]

Recruited from South Melbourne C.Y.M.S.,^[6] he played in one match for the St Kilda First XVIII, against Melbourne, at the Junction Oval, on 29 May 1915.^[7]^[8]

He died at Brighton, Victoria on 27 July 1977.^[9]

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.621.
^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Monday, 19 November 1923), p. 1.
^ Deaths: Moloughney, The Argus, (Tuesday, 8 September 1914), p. 1.
^ Marriages: Moloughney—Tyack", The Age, (30 July 1917), p. 5.
^ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.
^ Football: Practice Matches: St. Kilda v. Collingwood, The Herald, (Saturday, 17 April 1915), p.10.
^ St. Kilda v. Melbourne, The Herald, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.3: note that he was listed as M‘Loughney.
^ Melbourne (13.11) beat St. Kilda (9.11), The Age, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.13: note that he was listed as Moloney.
^ "Deaths: Moloughney", The Age, (28 July 1977), p. 21.

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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