Tom Wellington (22 August 1921 – 16 March 1998) 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 with

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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). He was selected to play in the final round of the 1938 season, but withdrew due to illness and didn't make his senior debut until the following year.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington, Tom 1921 births 1998 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players