Tom Sherry

Australian rules footballer

Tom Sherry
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Matthew Sherry
Date of birth	(1881年10月05日)5 October 1881
Place of birth	Undera, Victoria
Date of death	3 August 1971(1971年08月03日) (aged 89)
Place of death	Tongala, Victoria
Original team(s)	Barwon
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1907	Geelong	13 (18)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Matthew Sherry (5 October 1881 – 3 August 1971)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

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Sherry, a recruit from Barwon, played for Geelong in the 1907 VFL season.^[2]^[3] He came into the side in round five and played in the remainder of Geelong's games that season, a total of 13 appearances.^[4] His tally of 18 goals in 1907 was enough to win Geelong's leading goalkicker award.^[5]

In 1908, Sherry applied for a clearance to the Melbourne Football Club, but it was refused.^[6] He instead made his way to Victorian Football Association club Prahran.^[7]^[8]

References

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^ "Tom Sherry – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
^ "Geelong v. Melbourne;". Geelong Advertiser . Victoria. 27 May 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Tom Sherry – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
^ "Football". The Argus . Melbourne. 7 May 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 29 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Football Notes". The Australasian . Melbourne. 23 May 1908. p. 21. Retrieved 29 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Improving". The Argus . Melbourne. 18 May 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.