Phil Furlong
Essendon
AFL career
5 games3 goals
- Debut
- R1 1918 v RCH11 May 1918
- Most recent
- R7 1918 v COL22 June 1918
Stats
Bio
Recruited from local side Carlton District, Phil Furlong was a diminutive wingman and rover who made a brief cameo for Essendon during the final season of the Great War. Standing just 171cm, the pocket-sized midfielder relied on pace and elusive movement to impact contests, a skillset that culminated in a singular day out against St Kilda in Round 2, 1918. In that fixture, Furlong booted all three of his career goals, proving instrumental in a tight 15-point victory for the Same Olds. Despite that flash of potential, his tenure at East Melbourne was short-lived; he was eventually cleared to Melbourne in 1920 but failed to crack the senior side, leaving his VFL legacy defined by that solitary match-winning performance.
Profile
- Born
- 18 Feb 1893
- Died
- 27 Nov 1930 (aged 37y 282d)
- Birthplace
- Carlton, VIC
- Deathplace
- Prahran, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from local side Carlton District, Phil Furlong was a diminutive wingman and rover who made a brief cameo for Essendon during the final season of the Great War. Standing just 171cm, the pocket-sized midfielder relied on pace and elusive movement to impact contests, a skillset that culminated in a singular day out against St Kilda in Round 2, 1918. In that fixture, Furlong booted all three of his career goals, proving instrumental in a tight 15-point victory for the Same Olds. Despite that flash of potential, his tenure at East Melbourne was short-lived; he was eventually cleared to Melbourne in 1920 but failed to crack the senior side, leaving his VFL legacy defined by that solitary match-winning performance.