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Gerald Tanner

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Gerald Tanner
Personal information
Full name Gerald Thomas Tanner
Date of birth (1921-08-24)24 August 1921
Place of birth Creswick, Victoria
Date of death 10 January 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 100)
Place of death Wodonga, Victoria
Original team(s) Wodonga, Cobram
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 Richmond 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gerald Thomas Tanner (24 August 1921 – 10 January 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Aloysius Lindsay Walter Tanner (1890-1990), and Monica Amy Tanner (1895-1963), née Knight,[2][3] Gerald Thomas Tanner was born at Wodonga, Victoria on 24 August 1921.

He married Margaret Raie Murphy (1928-2005) on 12 November 1949.[4] He is the father of former North Melbourne and Melbourne player, Xavier Tanner.

Football

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Tanner was originally from Wodonga, played with Cobram in 1939 and 1940. Tanner returned to Wodonga in 1945 and went onto play 120 games with Wodonga, including their 1949 O&MFL grand final loss to Albury.[5]

Death

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He turned 100 on 24 August 2021,[6] and died at Wodonga, Victoria on 10 January 2022.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.867.
  2. ^ Marriages: Tanner—Knight, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 March 1918), p.13.
  3. ^ Wodonga Girl Weds, The Border Morning Herald, (Saturday, 19 November 1949), p.6.
  4. ^ Wedding: Tanner Murphy, The Wodonga and Towong Sentinel, (Friday, 18 November 1949), p.2.
  5. ^ "1949 - Wodonga beaten by 32 points". Border Morning Mail. 5 September 1949. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Wodonga centenarian Gerald Tanner celebrates his birthday and life". The Border Mail. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Rhett. "Richmond's oldest living footballer, Gerald Tanner, passed away on January 10th aged 100". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

References

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  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • 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.
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