Tommy Cockram

Arriving at Victoria Park from Flemington CYMS, Tommy Cockram was a lightning-quick half-forward whose VFL career burned bright but short due to his volatile nature. A standout in local athletics, he utilized his elite speed and clean hands in the wet to immediate effect, booting eight goals in a four-game burst that had pundits believing Collingwood had unearthed a star. While the Football Record constantly misspelled his surname as "Cochrane," Cockram ensured he was noticed, though often for the wrong reasons; his aggressive streak proved his undoing when a six-week suspension for striking Essendon’s Allan Belcher ended his time at the Magpies after just seven games. He returned to local football—where he was eventually handed a life ban for on-field violence—leaving his younger brother, Norman, to successfully carry the family name across 120 games for Fitzroy.