Pat Twomey
Pat (right) with brother Bill at training (c.1947)
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 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
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
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Patrick 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, separated 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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