Thomas Leo McInerney (24 April 1898 – 29 December 1963) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). McInerney was one of six Essendon players to debut against Richmond in the opening round of the

1918 VFL season The 1918 VFL season was the 22nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Played during the final year of World War I, eight of the league's nine senior clubs com ...

and kicked the only two goals of his VFL career. During the 1920s, he played in the VFA at Brunswick and was an important member of their 1925 premiership success with 79 goals for the year. That was enough to top the league's goal-kicking, as was his tally of 84 goals in 1929.

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Leo McInerney's playing statistics
from The VFA Project 1898 births Essendon Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1963 deaths People from Carlton, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1898-stub