Thomas Seymour Hill (21 February 1893 – 1 August 1977), invariably referred to as T. S. Hill, was a leading

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administrator in the

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between 1926 and 1963.

History

Hill was born at Beulah road, Norwood, close to Norwood Oval, and went to school in

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. His first employment was ten years in the wheat trade with Dalgety & Co., followed by Norman & Co. As a youngster he attended Clayton Congregational Church, played football with the church team, and was involved in other church activities such as their Literary Society and Model Parliament. Around 1913 he organised a basketball team with E. Wadham, E. A. Johnson, and H. E. P. Whitfield that played in Melbourne. He accepted a position with the Federal Mutual Insurance Company when A. J. Richardson left for England with the Australian XI in 1926. Hill played for the East Torrens Cricket Club (Richardson's old team), and was their secretary 1924–1926. Hill was

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for Norwood from 1926 to 1935. In 1935 he succeeded

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as secretary of the SANFL and continued in this post until 1963. He was secretary of the

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from 1938 until 1947.

Recognition

He was made a Life Member of Norwood Football Club and the SANFL. He was inducted in the inaugural intake of the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002 and selected to the

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in 1996. The premiership trophy of the SANFL was named after him.

References

* * 1893 births Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules football administrators South Australian National Football League administrators Norwood Football Club administrators Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1977 deaths Businesspeople from Adelaide 20th-century Australian businesspeople {{AFL-bio-1893-stub