Years Club Height 1.85 m Died December 14, 2015 | Name Mick Twomey 1951–1961 Collingwood | |
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Date of birth (1931-09-25)25 September 1931 Date of death 14 December 2015(2015-12-14) (aged 84) Debut Round 1 1951, Collingwood
v. North Melbourne, at Victoria Park Height/Weight 185 centimetres (6.07 ft)
87 kilograms (192 lb) Role Australian Rules Footballer | ||
Original team Ballarat Football Club | ||
Michael "Mick" Twomey (25 September 1931 – 14 December 2015) was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).
At 185 centimetres (73 in) in height, Collingwood's Mick Twomey was taller than his brothers Bill and Pat, and played most of his 157 VFL games between 1951 and 1961 as a ruckman. In fact he was short for a ruckman; but he had remarkable spring, and newspapers often carried photos of him seeming to soar over opponents. In the 1958 VFL Grand Final, for instance, the highlights footage from Channel 7 shows him contesting ruck hit-outs and marks with opposing ruckmen who were 11 cm and 13 cm taller.
Over the course of his 10-year career Twomey was a member of five Collingwood Grand Final teams, enjoying premiership success in 1953 and 1958. He died in 2015.