Neil Tompkins
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Neil Tompkins | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Neil Tompkins[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Original team(s) | Navy / North Geelong | ||
Height/Weight | 185 cm / 90 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1945 | Geelong | 12 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945 season.
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William Neil Tompkins (15 January 1927 – 20 February 1991)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Tompkins was a member of Royal Australian Navy and played his early football at North Geelong.[3][4] He made all of his 12 appearances for Geelong in the 1945 VFL season.[5] Geelong cleared him to Carlton in 1950 but he didn't play any league football at his new club.[6] He was inducted into the North Geelong Football Club's Hall of Fame in 2014.[7]
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External links
- Neil Tompkins's statistics from AFL Tables
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2015
- Use Australian English from September 2015
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- 1927 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong Football Club players
- North Geelong Football Club players
- Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II
- 1991 deaths