Neil Tompkins

Neil Tompkins
Personal information
Full name William Neil Tompkins[1]
Date of birth (1927-01-15)15 January 1927
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 20 February 1991(1991-02-20) (aged 64)
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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Neil Tompkins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Flemington Test of Camera Eye Arranged: Melbourne Football.". Army News. Darwin, NT. 30 May 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  5. ↑ "Neil Tompkins – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tompkins clears to Carlton.". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 March 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ King, Tom (7 July 2014). "Magpies honour greats – KROCK Football". KROCK Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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