Tom Outridge Sr.
Tom Outridge | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Outridge | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1898 | ||
Place of birth |
Victoria | ||
Date of death | 27 September 1973 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Perth, Western Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Coolgardie H-Company Cadets (GCA) | ||
Height | 6 ft 0.5 in (184 cm)[1] | ||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Ruckman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
unknown |
Mines Rovers | unknown | |
1916–18 | Perth | 33 (0) | |
1919–31 | Subiaco | 168 (87) | |
Total | 201 (87) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1921–30 | Western Australia | 25 (36) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Thomas Outridge (20 September 1898 – 27 September 1973) was an
After his retirement, he served as secretary and later president of the Subiaco Football Club, and also as a commentator. In 2004, Outridge was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Football career
Outridge was born in
Outridge began playing football for the Coolgardie H-Company Cadets in the Goldfields Cadets Association. In 1914, he progressed to the
Playing mainly as a
In 1930, Outridge was chosen as captain for the 1930 Australian National Football Carnival held in Adelaide. The West Australian reported: "the fact that he was chosen in that capacity after such a long career as a follower was tribute to his ability, and he proved in Adelaide that he could rise to the occasion".[8] Outridge badly injured a leg in a match against Victoria, and was unable to play again in the carnival.[9] In April 1931, it was reported that Outridge had decided to retire,[10] however, he returned to play several games for Subiaco in June.[11] While not playing in the senior team, Outridge represented the Subiaco side in the West Australian National Football Association (WANFA), which acted as a second-tier competition for the WANFL. A bout of appendicitis in October of the same year forced Outridge to miss the 1931 WANFA Grand Final,[12] in which Subiaco defeated Midland-Guildford by 25 points.[13]
Post-playing career
After his retirement from playing, Outridge was employed by Alfred Sandover's sporting goods company, Harris, Scarfe and Sandover's, along with Allan Evans, whom he had previously played with at Perth. Outridge also served as a commentator for WANFL matches on the radio, as well occupying the roles of secretary (from 1935 to 1940) and later president (in the 1941 season) of the Subiaco Football Club.[14][15][16] He was made a life member of the club in 1935, and a life member of the league in 1956.[17] In 1944, Outridge served as a goal umpire for a football match between two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) units at Kalgoorlie.[18] He later bought a hotel in Bunbury, which he worked at until his retirement.[19] Outridge died in 1973 in Perth.
Honoured
The Tom Outridge Medal is awarded each season to the Subiaco Football Club's best and fairest player.[20]
A street in Subiaco, Outridge Crescent, is named after him.[21]
In 2004, Cazaly Resources, an Australian gold exploration company, named a discovery near Kunanalling "Outridge Prospect" after him.[22]
One of his sons, Thomas Michael Outridge Jr., played cricket for Western Australia.[23]
He was posthumously inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004,[24] and was named in a forward pocket in Subiaco's Team of the Century in 2008.[25]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b c THE HONOUR LIST – The Western Mail. Published Thursday, 4 July 1929. Retrieved from Trove, 25 January 2012.
- ^ Thomas Outridge – Mundia. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "STATE'S GREATEST FOLLOWER: Tom Outridge's Rise to Stardom" – The Daily News. Published 24 June 1932. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Henry Joseph Outridge – Mundia. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ THE PREMIERSHIP – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 31 August 1915. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- The Sunday Times. Published Sunday, 16 October 1921. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Tom Outridge (Perth & Subiaco) – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ CARNIVAL CAPTAINS – The West Australian. Published Tuesday, 11 July 1933. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ OUTRIDGE SEVERELY INJURED – The Mail. Published Saturday, 2 August 1930. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ SEASON'S PROSPECTS – The West Australian. Published Wednesday, 29 April 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Probable Reappearance of Outridge. – The West Australian. Published Wednesday, 17 June 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Outridge in Hospital – The West Australian. Published Monday, 26 October 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ ASSOCIATION PREMIERSHIP – The West Australian. Published Monday, 26 October 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Past Club Staff – Subiaco Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47170165 Subiaco's New President] – The West Australian. Published Thursday, 20 November 1941. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Past Club Staff – sfclions.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ SFC Honour Roll – Subiaco Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- The Sunday Times. Published Sunday, 25 June 1944. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Outridge Decides To Retire – The West Australian. Published Wednesday, 25 November 1953. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Horsley wins 2011 Outridge Medal – sfclions.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ CITY OF SUBIACO STREET NAMES – City of Subiaco, p. 43. Retrieved from DocStoc, 24 January 2012.
- ^ New gold discovery, Kunanalling project – Cazaly Resources. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Thomas Outridge player profile – ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Hall of Fame – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Official 'Team of the Century' – Full Points Footy. Retrieved 29 January 2012.