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Tommy Worle

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Tommy Worle
Worle in 1907
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Worle
Date of birth (1885-01-21)21 January 1885
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 31 July 1917(1917-07-31) (aged 32)
Place of death Armentières, France
Original team(s) Abbotsford
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907 Collingwood 3 (0)
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

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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

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Collingwood

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He played three games for the Collingwood First XVIII in 1907.

Brunswick

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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

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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

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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

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He enlisted in the First AIF in January 1916.[9][10]

Death

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He was killed in action near Armentières, in northern France on 31 July 1917.[11][12]

See also

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Footnotes

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Sources

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  • 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.
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