Tom Hart
Carlton
AFL career
9 games13 goals
- Debut
- R7 1923 v COL16 June 1923
- Most recent
- R18 1923 v GEE15 Sept 1923
Stats
Bio
Recruited to the Blues with a formidable reputation, Tom Hart was a dangerous half-forward who had already established himself as a star in South Australia. Originally from Trentham East, Hart made his name in the SAFL with Norwood, where he remarkably overcame a gunshot wound to the foot sustained in France during World War I to become a premiership player and the league's leading goalkicker in 1922. Lured to Carlton for the 1923 season, he immediately displayed his goal sense by booting two majors on debut and finishing with a respectable 13 goals from his nine appearances. Despite his immediate impact in the VFL, his stay at Princes Park was brief, and he returned to South Australia at the end of the year to resume his career in the SAFL.
Profile
- Born
- 29 June 1896
- Died
- 25 May 1971 (aged 74y 330d)
- Birthplace
- Trentham East, VIC
- Deathplace
- Daw Park, SA
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 67 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited to the Blues with a formidable reputation, Tom Hart was a dangerous half-forward who had already established himself as a star in South Australia. Originally from Trentham East, Hart made his name in the SAFL with Norwood, where he remarkably overcame a gunshot wound to the foot sustained in France during World War I to become a premiership player and the league's leading goalkicker in 1922. Lured to Carlton for the 1923 season, he immediately displayed his goal sense by booting two majors on debut and finishing with a respectable 13 goals from his nine appearances. Despite his immediate impact in the VFL, his stay at Princes Park was brief, and he returned to South Australia at the end of the year to resume his career in the SAFL.