Happy 85th to Tom Leehane!
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From the Blueseum:
Playing Career : 1948
Debut and Only Game: Round 15, 1948 Vs Footscray, aged 20 years 175 days
627th Carlton Player
Goals : 0
Guernsey No. 29
Height : 180 cm (5’11”)
Weight : 83 kgs (13.1)
DOB : February 14, 1928
Wearing guernsey #29 and standing at 180cm, Leehane played 1 game for Carlton in 1948. His only Carlton game was a victory over Footscray at the Western Oval by 68 points. He then went and joined his brother at Essendon where he played another 7 games without scoring a goal.
Leehane’s father, Steve, played 82 games for the Blues starting in 1914.
Leehane was recruited from CBC North Melbourne, and prior to that he played for East Brunswick YCW.