George Reginald Thomas (6 July 1909 – 5 December 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne Football Club and the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 875.
Family The son of George Griffith Thomas (1875–1942),Deaths: Thomas, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 August 1942), p. 5. and Edith Thomas (1875-1945), née Richardson,Deaths: Thomas, The Age, (Tuesday, 29 May 1945), p. 7. George Reginald Thomas was born at Footscray, Victoria on 6 July 1909.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Births Registration no.19294/1909.
He married Eileen Mary Sullivan (b.1911), at Clifton Hill, on 19 December 1936.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Marriages Registration no.13056/1936.Town and Country Weddings: Thomas—Sullivan, The Age, (Monday, 21 December 1936), p. 16.
Football
Williamstown (VFA) Thomas crossed to Williamstown in the VFA in 1938 without a clearance from the Swans where he was captain-coach of the Seconds.Association, The Argus, (Thursday, 21 April 1938), p. 18.R. Thomas takes the Plunge: Leaves South Minus Clearance: Did not ask the Club for one, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p. 5.
Thomas played in 63 games (119 goals) for Williamstown over four seasons (1938 to 1941).Notes on Probable Players for Today, The Williamstown Advertiser, (Saturday, 21 September 1940), p. 2. He was vice-captain of its 1939 premiership side. A broken foot and war-related employment restricted Thomas to just 5 games in 1941. He was awarded the most effective player trophy and best attendance at training in 1938, and was the most improved player in 1940.
Death He died at Richmond, Victoria on 5 December 1966.Deaths: Thomas, The Age, (Tuesday, 6 December 1966), p. 21.
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External links
Reg Thomas, at The VFA Project.