Full name Maurice Sankey Name Maurie Sankey Height/Weight 193 cm / 87 kg Died November 1965 | Position(s) Ruckman Years Club | |
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Date of birth (1940-02-09)9 February 1940 Place of death 21 November 1965(1965-11-21) (aged 25) | ||
Maurie Sankey - Carlton Football Club Past Player
Maurie Sankey (9 February 1940 – 21 November 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Sankey was from Tasmania and played his early football at Latrobe. A ruckman, he participated in Carlton's 1959 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon in just his third VFL appearance. He would later, in 1962, get to play in a Grand Final but again it was in a losing team, with Essendon victors.
He became club vice-captain in 1964 and brought up his 100th league match the following season.
On 21 November 1965, Sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision near Wangaratta. He was buried in Springvale Cemetery.
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