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Key Facts

Full name
Hugh Torney

Known as
Hugh Torney

Born
14 November 1909

Died
10 February 2000 (aged 90)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 187d
Last game: 33y 315d

Height and weight
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 92 kg

Senior clubs
Essendon

Jumper numbers
Essendon: 20

Family links
Georgia Gee (Great great great niece)

Hugh Torney

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
EssendonV/AFL1933-1943173810.4748%18.00—9.5063
Total1933-1943173810.4748%18.00—9.5063

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 4,043rd player to appear, 944th most games played, 1,332nd most goals kickedEssendon: 452nd player to appear, 53rd most games played, 107th most goals kicked

Hugh Torney was an exceptional ruckman whose partnership with legendary rover Dick Reynolds was much feted. He liked to grab the ball in ruck contests and shoot out a quick handball to a running team mate. An imposing figure, he was a quite majestic mark who won Essendon’s best and fairest award in 1940 and was twice a runner-up. The 1940 season also saw him running second in the Brownlow. His Essendon career comprised 173 VFL games in which he kicked 81 goals between 1933 and 1943. He was a premiership player in 1943 having earlier played in the previous year’s losing grand final.

Torney rounded off his career with Williamstown in the VFA in 1945. His 18 games with the Seagulls did not include that year’s winning grand final against Port Melbourne.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Those Magnificent Men 1897-1987 by Michael Maplestone

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.