Tom O'Brien
Melbourne
AFL career
4 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1926 v STK1 May 1926
- Most recent
- R4 1926 v COL22 May 1926
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the small Gippsland township of Bayles, Tom O'Brien was a strongly built tall who briefly featured for Melbourne during their successful 1926 campaign. Standing 184cm—a significant height for the era—he possessed the physical attributes to compete in key positions and made his debut in the opening round of the season. O'Brien held his place in the senior side for the first month of football, but he struggled to cement a permanent role in a lineup stacked with stars like Ivor Warne-Smith and Bob Johnson. He lost his spot after Round 4 and did not feature in the club's eventual premiership triumph, with his VFL career limited to that single, four-game stint.
Profile
- Born
- 13 Apr 1904
- Died
- 03 Mar 1983 (aged 78y 324d)
- Birthplace
- Glenrowan, VIC
- Deathplace
- Warragul, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the small Gippsland township of Bayles, Tom O'Brien was a strongly built tall who briefly featured for Melbourne during their successful 1926 campaign. Standing 184cm—a significant height for the era—he possessed the physical attributes to compete in key positions and made his debut in the opening round of the season. O'Brien held his place in the senior side for the first month of football, but he struggled to cement a permanent role in a lineup stacked with stars like Ivor Warne-Smith and Bob Johnson. He lost his spot after Round 4 and did not feature in the club's eventual premiership triumph, with his VFL career limited to that single, four-game stint.