Tommy Worle
| Tommy Worle | |||
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 Worle in 1907 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Henry Worle | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 31 July 1917 (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Armentières, France | ||
| Original team(s) | Abbotsford | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1907 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Tommy Worle (21 January 1885 – 31 July 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action, in France, in World War I.
Family
[edit]One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845–1915),[1] and Eliza Worle (1857–1912), née Dennis,[2] Thomas Henry Worle was born at Collingwood on 21 January 1885. His brother, Leonard Victor Worle (1889–1948) played for Essendon.
He married Elsie Maud Courtis in 1912; his brother-in-law, Harry Courtis, was killed in action on 20 May 1915.[3]
Football
[edit]Collingwood
[edit]He played three games for the Collingwood First XVIII in 1907.
Brunswick
[edit]He was cleared from Collingwood, where he had been playing in the Reserves during the 1908 season, to Brunswick (VFA) in 1909.[4]
Collingwood District Football Club
[edit]In April 1910, he was cleared from Brunswick to play for the Collingwood District Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association.[5][6]
Alphington
[edit]In 1914 he was playing for his local team, Alphington, in the Heidelberg District Football League.[7] He played in both 1914 and 1915.[8]
Military service
[edit]He enlisted in the First AIF in January 1916.[9][10]
Death
[edit]He was killed in action near Armentières, in northern France on 31 July 1917.[11][12]
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Deaths: Worle, The Argus, (Wednesday, 28 July 1915), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Worle, The Age, (Wednesday, 31 January 1912), p.1.
- ^ Roll of Honour, Private Harry Courtis (954), Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Victorian League: Permit Business, The Age, (Thursday, 22 April 1909), p.10.
- ^ Junior Clubs: Metropolitan Association, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 April 1910), p.17.
- ^ Metropolitan Association, The Argus, (Monday, 25 July 1910), p.5.
- ^ Fairfield v. Alphington, Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle, (Saturday, 9 May 1914), p.3.
- ^ Alphington Football Club, Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle, (Saturday, 1 May 1915), p.2; Football: Goal Kickers, Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle, (Saturday, 7 August 1915), p.2.
- ^ Our Roll of Honor, Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle, (Saturday, 6 May 1916), p.4.
- ^ Fallen Northcote Soldiers, The Northcote Leader,(Saturday, 12 January 1918), p.2.
- ^ Roll of Honor: Victorian List: Killed in Action: "Sgt. T.H. Worle, Northcote, 31/7/17", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 September 1917), p.32.
- ^ In Memoriam: On Active Service, The Argus, (Saturday, 31 July 1920), p.11.
Sources
[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Worle, Tom", p. 197 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
- Australia's Roll of Honor: 335th Casualty List: Victoria: Killed in Action, The Age, (Tuesday, 4 September 1917), p.6.
- World War I Service Record: Thomas Henry Worle (20034). National Archives of Australia.
- Australia's Roll of Honor: 335th Casualty List: Victoria: Killed in Action: "Worle, Sgt. T.H., Northcote", The Age, (Tuesday, 4 September 1917), p.6.
- Roll of Honour: Sergeant Thomas Henry Worle (20034), Australian War Memorial.
- McFarlane, G., "Tommy Worle 1907 (Biography)", Collingwood Forever.
