Terry Cashion
South Melbourne
AFL career
5 games5 goals
- Debut
- R1 1942 v COL9 May 1942
- Most recent
- R5 1942 v MEL6 June 1942
Stats
Bio
Terry Cashion is widely revered as Tasmanian football royalty, though his VFL career was limited to a brief wartime cameo. A North Hobart native who burst onto the scene with New Town, he was stationed in Victoria during World War II and managed five games for South Melbourne in 1942, booting five goals before a knee injury and deployment to Borneo cut his tenure short. A darting rover renowned for his speed, silky skills, and scrupulous fairness, Cashion returned home to dominate the state leagues with Clarence, Longford, and Sandy Bay. His standing in the game is immense; he remains the only Tasmanian to win the prestigious Tassie Medal as the best player at a national carnival (1950) and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2022, forever recognised as one of the island’s greatest ever talents.
Profile
- Born
- 07 Apr 1921
- Died
- 08 Oct 2011 (aged 90y 184d)
- Birthplace
- Hobart, TAS
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 76 kg
Teams
Honours
- Hall of Fame2022
Bio
1 revisionTerry Cashion is widely revered as Tasmanian football royalty, though his VFL career was limited to a brief wartime cameo. A North Hobart native who burst onto the scene with New Town, he was stationed in Victoria during World War II and managed five games for South Melbourne in 1942, booting five goals before a knee injury and deployment to Borneo cut his tenure short. A darting rover renowned for his speed, silky skills, and scrupulous fairness, Cashion returned home to dominate the state leagues with Clarence, Longford, and Sandy Bay. His standing in the game is immense; he remains the only Tasmanian to win the prestigious Tassie Medal as the best player at a national carnival (1950) and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2022, forever recognised as one of the island’s greatest ever talents.