Pat Twomey

Pat Twomey
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-02-04)4 February 1929
Date of death 22 November 1969(1969-11-22) (aged 40)
Original team(s) Heidelberg
Height / weight 179 cm, 72 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–49; 1952–53 Collingwood 55 (49)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Career highlights
  • Collingwood premiership side 1953

Pat Twomey (2 April 1929 – 22 November 1969)[1] was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Pat Twomey joined Collingwood in 1947, he had two stints with the Magpies, punctured by a spell with country club Warragul. Twomey mainly played across the centreline or on a flank and started as a winger. He was tough, fast and a tireless contributor in his appearances for Collingwood, a long driving kick and good mark he was one of a set of three brothers in the 1953 Collingwood premiership side. He played his last game for the Magpies on the wing in the 1953 Grand Final.

References

  1. ↑ "Pat Twomey". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 2 September 2014.


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