Herbie Tonkes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Herbie Tonkes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Herbert F. Tonkes | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1921 | ||
Date of death | 10 September 1991 | (aged 70)||
Original team(s) | Preston Jnrs / Essendon United | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1944, 1946–47 | Essendon | 37 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Herbie 'Tinker' Tonkes (4 April 1921 – 10 September 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
Tonkes could play a variety of positions, from defence, the wing to half back. He played his early football at Preston Juniors and was recruited to the VFL from Essendon United. War duties limited him to seven appearances in 1944 and he missed the entire 1945 season as he was serving in the Pacific. The following year he returned to the league and was a half back flanker in the victorious 1946 VFL Grand Final team. After one final season, Tonkes joined VFA club Brunswick.
References
- Herbie Tonkes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use Australian English from January 2018
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Use dmy dates from February 2022
- Pages using Wikidata property P3546
- Pages using Wikidata property P3547
- 1921 births
- 1991 deaths
- Essendon Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club premiership players
- Brunswick Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- All stub articles
- Australian rules biography, 1920s birth stubs