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Key Facts

Full name
Joseph William Sutherland

Known as
Tom Sutherland

Born
22 June 1910

Died
17 July 1981 (aged 71)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 6d
Last game: 31y 69d

Height and weight
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 91 kg

Senior clubs
Footscray; St. Kilda; Hawthorn

Jumper numbers
Footscray: 6, 22
St. Kilda: 39, 16, 35
Hawthorn: 14

Recruited from
Footscray (1935); St. Kilda (1939)

Tom Sutherland

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
FootscrayV/AFL1930, 1932, 193410121.2030%———0
St. KildaV/AFL1935-193818181.0050%9.50—3.500
HawthornV/AFL1939-194119170.8937%———0
V/AFL1930, 1932, 1934-194147471.0040%9.50—3.500
Total1930, 1932, 1934-194147471.0040%9.50—3.500

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,721st player to appear, 4,509th most games played, 2,164th most goals kickedFootscray: 127th player to appear, 660th most games played, 354th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 717th player to appear, 630th most games played, 326th most goals kickedHawthorn: 256th player to appear, 455th most games played, 272nd most goals kicked

Tom Sutherland was a strongly built (183cm, 91kg) utility who played for three VFL clubs without ever really managing to establish himself at any of them. He hailed from Sunshine, from where he was recruited by Footscray in 1930. He spent five seasons with the ‘Scray but managed just 10 senior appearances and 12 goals. It was little better at his next port of call, St Kilda, where a four season stint netted him just 18 games and 18 goals. He finished his career with 19 games and 17 goals for Hawthorn between 1939 and 1941, after which he enlisted in the army. When discharged in 1945 he presumably felt that, at 34, his days of having an impact as a player were behind him. At any rate, he did not resume his football career.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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