Thomas Keith Marinko (3 August 1941 – 12 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth, 1960 – 61[1] in the West Australian Football League and, after waiting two years to be cleared on transfer, St Kilda, 1964 – 65, in the Victorian Football League.[2]
Thomas "Tom" Marinko | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Keith Marinko | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Perth, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 12 July 1981 | (aged 39)||
Place of death | Dingley Village, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | West Perth | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruck / defence | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1960–61 | West Perth | 18 (2) | |
1964–65 | St Kilda | 12 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Played in the Victorian Football Association, with Prahran Football Club 1968 – 72, kicking two goals in the 1970 premiership winning team,[3] also that year received the Allan Marshall Memorial Award for Best Clubman. He played one season for Box Hill in 1976.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ "WAFL FootyFacts – MARINKO, Thomas Keith (Tom)". waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 551. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Premierships in Reflection". Prahran Football Club. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "The VFA Project". thevfaproject.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
External links
edit- Tom Marinko at AustralianFootball.com
- Tom Marinko's playing statistics from AFL Tables