Maurice Graham Sankey (9 February 1940 – 21 November 1965) was an

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er who played with

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sankey was from Tasmania and played his early football at Latrobe. A ruckman, he participated in Carlton's 1959 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon in just his third VFL appearance. He would later, in 1962, get to play in a Grand Final but again it was in a losing team, with Essendon victors. He became club vice-captain in 1964 and brought up his 100th league match the following season. On 21 November 1965, Sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision near Wangaratta. He was buried in Springvale Cemetery. Maurice Sankey was posthumously inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame on 23 June 2018.

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at Blueseum {{DEFAULTSORT:Sankey, Maurie 1940 births 1965 deaths Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Carlton Football Club players Latrobe Football Club players Road incident deaths in Victoria (state)