Sneha Girap (Editor)

Tom Reynolds (footballer)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Tom Reynolds

Years
  
Club

Height/Weight
  
180 cm / 85 kg


Date of birth
  
(1916-11-21)21 November 1916

Date of death
  
8 November 2002(2002-11-08) (aged 85)

Original team(s)
  
Flemington-Kensington

1937-1944 1945 Total -
  
Essendon St Kilda

Tom Reynolds (21 November 1916 – 8 November 2002), the brother of three times Brownlow Medal winner Dick Reynolds and cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy, was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.

Reynolds was a forward and passed 50 goals in a season on 4 occasions, topping Essendon's goalkicking each time.

His best effort was a tally of 71 goals in 1939 which included a haul of 10 in a game against Hawthorn.

His end of season tally was a club record until passed by John Coleman a decade later.

References

Tom Reynolds (footballer) Wikipedia