Bill Twomey Sr.

Bill Twomey Sr.
Twomey during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name William Patrick Twomey
Born 14 May 1899
Heidelberg, Victoria
Died 25 March 1977(1977-03-25) (aged 77)
Balwyn, Victoria
Original team Heidelberg
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1918–1922 Collingwood 54 (5)
1922-1925, 1928 Stawell ? (?)
1926-1927 South Ballarat ? (?)
1929 Nhill ? (?)
1930 South Bendigo ? (?)
1931–1932, 1938 Ararat ? (?)
1933–1934 Hawthorn 10 (0)
1935 South Melbourne Reserves ? (?)
1936 Warrnambool CYMS ? (?)
1937 Tarwin Lower ? (?)
Total 64 (5)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1922–1924 Stawell ? (?–?–?)
1926-1927 South Ballarat ? (?–?–?)
1930 South Bendigo ? (?–?–?)
1931–1932, 1938 Ararat ? (?–?–?)
1933–1934 Hawthorn 32 (5–27–0)
1935 South Melbourne Reserves ? (?–?–?)
1936 Warrnambool CYMS ? (?–?–?)
1937 Tarwin Lower ? (?–?–?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Patrick Twomey Sr. (14 May 1899 - 25 March 1977)[5] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Michael Twomey and Annie Twomey, née Carey, William Patrick Twomey was born in Heidelberg, Victoria on 14 May 1899.

He married Rose Ellen Lovett (1893-1984) in 1926.

He died in Balwyn, Victoria on 25 March 1977.[6]

Three of his four sons Mick, Pat, and Bill, and his grandson, David Twomey – the son of his fourth son, Peter[7] – all played league football with Collingwood.

Football

Twomey possessed exceptional pace and was thus used mainly as a wingman although he also played occasionally as a centreman and half back. In five seasons with Collingwood he played 54 games, including their 1919 premiership as well as in three losing grand finals. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia in 1921.

After leaving Collingwood at the end of the 1921 season, Twomey was captain-coach of Stawell in the Wimmera Football League from 1922[8] to 1924[9] and was then able to concentrate on an athletics career after being runner up in the 1919 Stawell Gift.

Remarkably, after Stawell's 1922 Wimmera Football League season had finished, Twomey and his Stawell team mate, Clyde Smith returned to Collingwood in late August for round 15,[10] and Twomey played the last four games and two finals, including Collingwood's losing 1922 VFL grand final side.

In December 1924, Twomey accepted an offer from Ararat to be there captain-coach for 1925.[11] Twomey later withdrew form the Ararat position to stay and play at Stawell,[12] but the Ballarat Football League initially disqualified him for 12 months.[13] In May 1925, Twomey's Appeal was dismissed by the VFL Appeals Board.[14] Then in June 1925, Twomey's 12 months sentence was rescinded[15] and he played out the season with Stawell, including their Wimmera Football League premiership.

In 1926, Twomey was appointed as captain-coach of South Ballarat[16] and they won the premiership. In 1927, Twomey missed quite of few matches due to a knee injury,[17] with South Ballarat losing the 1927 first semi final to Maryborough.[18] Twomey was reappointed as South Ballarat's captain-coach in January 1928,[19] but on the eve of the start of the season, Twomey resigned and was cleared to Stawell as a player.[20]

In 1929, Twomey played in Nhill's losing Wimmera Football League grand final side.[21][22]

Twomey then moved away from Nhill[23] and was captain-coach of South Bendigo in 1930[24] and was still playing great football,[25] with South Bendigo finishing in 6th position.[26]

Twomey was captain-coach of Ararat in the Wimmera Football League in 1931 and 1932[27] which included grand final losses in 1931[28] and 1932.[29]

He was also briefly a boundary umpire, officiating in three league games in early 1933.[30]

In 1933 he joined Hawthorn as captain-coach in round five, after the sudden death of captain-coach, Fred Phillips just prior to the start of the season. Twomey then took over from interim coach, Arthur Rademacher. Hawthorn finished in 11th position for both of his seasons in charge, the latter in a non-playing capacity although he did appear in one match that year.

In 1935, Twomey was captain-coach of the South Melbourne Football Club|South Melbourne Reserves side[31] and also took up a position as sports and athletic coach at Mt. Carmel College, Middle Park.[32]

In 1936, Twomey moved to Warrnambool and was captain-coach of the Warrnambool CYMS in the Purnim District Football League[33] but they lost the grand final.[34]

Twomey lead Tarwin Lower to a premiership in the South Gippsland Football League in 1937.

Twomey returned to Ararat in 1938 as captain-coach, [35] with Ararat finishing in seventh position in 1938.[36]

Athletics

Twomey came of age when he was runner up in the 1919 Stawell Gift to H R Evans.[37] Twomey later had success as a sprinter winning the 1924 Stawell Gift.[38] Two days after his 1924 Stawell Gift win, Twomey won the Warracknabeal Gift.[39] Twomey later on won the Ararat Gift in December 1924.[40]

In 1938, Twomey took up sprint coaching and had a very promising runner, Paul Buckley under his guidance, who went onto win a number of gifts, including the 1940 Bessiebelle Gift,[41] 1940 Casterton Gift[42] and the 1940 Shepparton[43] Gift and was one of the favourites to win the Stawell Gift in 1938[44] and 1940.[45]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "1924 - TWOMEY EASILY". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 22 April 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  2. ^ "1925 - THE GRAND FINAL. HORSHAM v STAWELL". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 8 September 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ^ "1926 - BALLARAT PREMIERSHIP: Won by South Ballarat". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 2 October 1926. p. 76. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  4. ^ "1937 - Foster: South Gippsland League". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 23 August 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Bill P Twomey Snr". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  6. ^ Deaths: Twomey, The Age, (Monday, 28 March 1977), p.17.
  7. ^ Gossip from League Club-Rooms, The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 April 1954), p.25; Youngest Twomey injured, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 30 June 1954), p.4.
  8. ^ "1922 - Wimmera Rivals Meet". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 3 June 1922. p. 70. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  9. ^ "1922 - Stawell". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 29 December 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  10. ^ "1922 - A WET AFTERNOON". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 2 September 1922. p. 24. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  11. ^ "1924 - Stawell Football Club". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1 December 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  12. ^ "1925 - TWOMEY WITHDRAWS". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 3 April 1925. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  13. ^ "1925 - For Twelve Months". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 29 April 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  14. ^ "1925 - Football Appeal". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 16 May 1925. p. 36. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  15. ^ "1925 - TWOMEY'S DISQUALIFICATION RESCINDED". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 11 June 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  16. ^ "1926 - South's new coach". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 11 March 1926. p. 17. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  17. ^ "1927 - BONE BROKEN". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 15 July 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  18. ^ "1927 - Maryborough Wins: WATSON BRILLIANT". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 12 September 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  19. ^ "1928 - Twomey Retains Coaching Job". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 23 February 1928. p. 30. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  20. ^ "1928 - TWOMEY LEAVES S. BALLARAT". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 26 April 1928. p. 30. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  21. ^ "1929 - Dimboola win premiership". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 3 September 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  22. ^ "1929 - Dimboola Premiers". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 7 September 1929. p. 83. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  23. ^ "1930 - Football: Presentation to Twomey". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 18 March 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  24. ^ "1930 - Twomey, Coach South Bendigo's Leader". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 22 February 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  25. ^ "1930 - Bill Twomey". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 28 June 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  26. ^ "1930 - Premiership List". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 8 September 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  27. ^ "1931 - TO COACH ARARAT". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 4 April 1931. p. 54. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  28. ^ "1931 - Stawell Supreme". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 8 September 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  29. ^ "1932 - HORSHAM PREMIERS". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 27 September 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  30. ^ "William Twomey". AFLUA. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013.
  31. ^ "1935 - Twomey for South Seconds". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 9 February 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  32. ^ "1935 - BILL TWOMEY'S NEW APPOINTMENT". The Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1957). 27 April 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  33. ^ "1936 - Twomey At Warrnambool". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 18 July 1936. p. 72. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  34. ^ "1936 - Many Football Finals Played". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). & September 1936. p. 28. Retrieved 22 February 2026. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  35. ^ "1938 - BILL TWOMEY TO COACH ARARAT". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 29 January 1938. p. 65. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  36. ^ "1938 - HOW THE CLUBS FINISHED". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 30 August 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  37. ^ "1919 - FAVORITE WINS "STAWELL GIFT" EVANS, TWOMEY AND ANCHEN SHOW GREAT PROMISE". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 26 April 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  38. ^ "1924 - Stawell Gift". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 26 April 1924. p. 66. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  39. ^ "1924 - TWOMEY WINS CHIEF EVENTS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 28 April 1924. p. 24. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  40. ^ "1924 - Twomey's Third Gift". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 27 December 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  41. ^ "1940 - P. W. BUCKLEY WINS BESSIEBELLE GIFT". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 29 January 1940. p. 21. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  42. ^ "1940 - Casterton Win Gives P. Buckley Third Gift Success". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 30 January 1940. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  43. ^ "1940 - Buckley Squeezes Home In Shepparton Gift". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 5 January 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  44. ^ "1938 - BUCKLEY FANCIED FOR STAWELL". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 14 April 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  45. ^ "1940 - SMITH FAVORITE FOR STAWELL GIFT". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 6 March 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2026.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Twomey,_Sr.