Mick Twomey

Mick Twomey
Personal information
Full name	Michael John Twomey
Date of birth	(1931-09-25)25 September 1931
Date of death	14 December 2015(2015-12-14) (aged 84)
Original team(s)	Ballarat (BFL)
Debut	Round 1, 1951, Collingwood vs. North Melbourne, at Victoria Park
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951–1961	Collingwood	157 (94)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Career highlights
2× VFL premiership player: 1953, 1958
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael John Twomey (25 September 1931 – 14 December 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

At 185 centimetres (6 ft 1 in) in height, Collingwood's Mick Twomey was taller than his brothers Bill and Pat. Recruited from Yarra Valley,^[1] he played most of his 157 VFL games between 1951 and 1961 as a ruckman. In fact he was short for a ruckman; but he had remarkable spring, and newspapers often carried photos of him seeming to soar over opponents.^[2] In the 1958 VFL Grand Final, for instance, the highlights footage from Channel 7 shows him contesting ruck hit-outs and marks with opposing ruckmen who were 11 cm and 13 cm taller.^[3]

Over the course of his 10-year career Twomey was a member of five Collingwood Grand Final teams, enjoying premiership success in 1953 and 1958. He died in 2015.^[4]

References

1. Fourth Twomey Gets Permit for Collingwood, The Age, (Thursday, 21 April 1949), p.12.
2. See for instance the photo in his obituary in the Melbourne Age. See also the comments in his profile at AustralianFootball.com
3. See the players' height statistics from this game for the Melbourne ruckmen Dick Fenton-Smith and Bob Johnson.
4. "Collingwood premiership player Mick Twomey dies at 84". The Age. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

External links

• Mick Twomey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Mick Twomey at AustralianFootball.com