Tom Ellis (rugby league)

Australian rugby league player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian rugby league player
PlacesAustralia
wasAthlete Rugby league player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1904, Balmain, Municipality of Leichhardt, Inner West, Sydney
Death23 May 1995Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia (aged 91 years)
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Biography

Thomas Charles Ellis (1904–1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1920s and 1930s.

Born at Balmain South in 1904, Tom Ellis went on to come one of the finest players ever to represent the Newtown club. A Marrickville junior, Ellis played 11 seasons for Newtown between 1923-1933. He retired after winning the 1933 Grand Final, playing fullback in the Newtown Jets premiership team. A prolific goal kicker, Tom Ellis scored over 500 points in his 144 grade career at Newtown. His only representative appearance was in 1928, when he played one match for New South Wales.

He coached the Newtown Jets third grade team for many years, and won the premiership with them in 1935. He was the brother of fellow Newtown legends Keith Ellis and Allan Ellis.

Tom Ellis died on 23 May 1995, aged 91.

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