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Tommy Hughes (Australian footballer)

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Tommy Hughes
Personal information
Full name Thomas Edward Hughes
Date of birth (1886-12-25)25 December 1886
Place of birth At sea near Launceston, Tasmania
Date of death 19 August 1981(1981-08-19) (aged 94)
Place of death Northcote, Victoria
Original team(s) Leopold (MJFA)
Position(s) Wing / Backline
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Carlton 6 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Edward Hughes (25 December 1886 – 19 August 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL), usually playing on the wing or in defence.

Military service

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He enlisted in the First AIF on 27 November 1915.

Some mistaken sources, confusing Hughes with one of two other AIF men of the same name who were killed in action,[1] claim that he had been killed in the Somme during World War I; when, in fact, he returned to Australia on 23 June 1919.

Other mistaken sources based their statements on the obituary of "Private Tom Hughes" that appeared in The Winner of 6 June 1917,[2] without having seen the retraction notice published a week later,[3] that clearly stated that the deceased "Private Tom Hughes" was not one and the same as the "Gunner Tom Hughes" who once played for Carlton.[4][5]

Death

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He died on 19 August 1981.[6]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Namely, Private Thomas Edward Hughes (75) who died of his wounds on 8 October 1917, and Private Thomas Edward Hughes (4823) who was killed in action on 3 September 1916.
  2. ^ Brave Footballers, The Winner, (Wednesday, 6 June 1917), p.8.
  3. ^ Statement Corrected, The Winner, (Wednesday, 13 June 1917), p.8.
  4. ^ In fact, the deceased "Private Tom Hughes" was Private Albert Thomas Hughes (5985), who was killed in action on 3 May 1917 (see: Roll of Honour: Private Albert Thomas Hughes (5985), Australian War Museum).
  5. ^ see also: Tommy Hughes, blueseum.org.
  6. ^ Deaths: Hughes, The Age, (Thursday, 21 August 1981), p.30.

References

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  • "Tommy Hughes". Blueseum.
  • Tommy Hughes at AustralianFootball.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Tommy Hughes's playing statistics from AFL Tables Edit this at Wikidata