George Lomer

George Lomer
Personal information
Full name	Thomas George Lomer
Date of birth	(1904-05-14)14 May 1904
Place of birth	Port Frederick, Devonport, Tasmania
Date of death	3 May 1966(1966-05-03) (aged 61)
Place of death	Tasmania
Original team(s)	Latrobe
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1927–28	St Kilda	14 (8)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas George Lomer (14 May 1904 – 3 May 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Cox Lomer (1859-1937),^[2] and Mary Jane Lomer (1861-1939), née Gray,^[3] Thomas George Lomer was born at Port Frederick, Devonport, Tasmania on 14 May 1904.

He married Margaret Hutchinson Dodd (1909-1989) at St Kilda on 27 September 1933.

Football

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Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.523.
2. Death: Lomer, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Saturday, 22 May 1937), p.2.
3. Deaths: Lomer, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Wednesday, 4 January 1939), p.1.
4. Footballer Fined: Struck Another Player: Intended for Retaliation, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Saturday, 10 August 1929), p.3.
5. North-Western Union: Representative Team Chosen, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Friday, 11 June 1926), p.3.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

• George Lomer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• George Lomer at AustralianFootball.com