Tom Arklay

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Tom Arklay
Personal information
Birth March 26, 1914 (1914-03-26),
Recruited from North Geelong
Height and weight 179 cm / 83 kg
Death January 11, 2002 (aged 87),
Playing career¹
Debut 1933, Geelong vs. , at
Team(s) Geelong (1933-41) (1944)
  • 137 games, 45 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1944 season
Career highlights

Tom Arklay (March 26, 1914 – January 11, 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.

A Geelong local, Arklay made his debut for their VFL club in 1933. He was a tough and physical player, mostly used on the half back flank and also as a ruck rover. In both 1938 and 1940 he won Geelong's best and fairest and was a premiership player in 1937. He left the club after the 1941 season which he had spent as captain. In 1944 however he made a comeback, as captain-coach before retiring at the season's end.

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1937 Geelong Cats Premiership Players
Abbott | Arklay | Coles | Dougherty | Evans | Everett | Grant | L. Hardiman | P. Hardiman | Hawking | Hore | Metherell | Muller | Quinn | Sellwood | Slack | Wills | Reserve: Mahon
Captain / Coach: Hickey