VIctorian Football League Interstate Team-(1928)

Basil Milton McCormack (3 August 1904 – 19 February 1973) was an

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er who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1925 and 1936 for the

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Family

The son of Michael McCormack and Mary McCormack (1865–1950), née Foley, he was born at

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on 3 August 1904.

Richmond

A left-foot kick, recruited from Rochester, he played 200 senior games for the Richmond Football Club as a half-back flanker, and represented Victoria on 13 occasions.

Double debut

Granted his clearance from Rochester to Richmond on Friday, 1 May 1925, he played his first match for Richmond, selected on the half-back flank, against Hawthorn, on 2 May 1925 (

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). He played well; with the match report noting that "McCormack … who marks and kicks well, aslooking a very likely man". It was also the Hawthorn team's first match in the VFL competition, the former VFA club having been admitted (along with Footscray and North Melbourne) in the January of that year.

Tribunal

He was suspended on two occasions: the first arose from the final on 14 September 1929 for striking (eight weeks), and the second was on 6 May 1933 for elbowing (six weeks).

New Town Football Club

Approached by Cananore in 1936, he was appointed captain-coach of the Tasmanian Football League's New Town Football Club in 1937. He was captain-coach for three seasons (1937 to 1939), and played a number of senior games in 1940.

Franklin Football Club

In 1947 he was appointed coach of the Franklin Football Club in the Huon Football Association.McCormack to Coach Franklin, ''The (Hobart) Mercury'', (Monday, 5 May 1947), p.18.
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St Virgil's Old Scholars Football Club

He coached St. Virgil's in the Tasmanian Amateur Football League from 1948 to 1950.

Military

Having enlisted in the militia in 1939, the transferred to the Second AIF in 1943, and saw action in the Pacific Islands.

Footnotes

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame

External links

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Boyles Football Photos: Basil McCormack

Photograph: Victorian Football League (Team), Visit to Western and South Australia, 1 to 16 July 1929 (''State Library of Victoria'').

Militia Enlistment Form: Basil Milton McCormack (TX14087), ''National Archives of Australia''.

World War Two Nominal Roll: Staff Sergeant Basil Milton McCormack TX14087 (T492357)
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Basil 1904 births 1973 deaths Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership players Jack Dyer Medal winners Rochester Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Military personnel from Victoria (Australia)