For the Major League Baseball third baseman, see Tom Hafey (baseball).
Australian rules footballer, born 1931
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Australian rules footballer
Tom Hafey MBE
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey
Nickname(s)
Tommy, T-Shirt Tommy
Date of birth
(1931-08-05)5 August 1931
Place of birth
Richmond, Victoria
Date of death
12 May 2014(2014-05-12) (aged 82)
Original team(s)
East Malvern
Height
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1953–1958
Richmond
67 (10)
Coaching career3
Years
Club
Games (W–L–D)
1966–1976
Richmond
2480(173–73–2)
1977–1982
Collingwood
13800(89–47–2)
1983–1985
Geelong
06600(31–35–0)
1986–1988
Sydney
07000(43–27–0)
Total
522 (336–182–4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1988.
Career highlights
Coaching
Club
4× Jock McHale Medal: (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974)
Richmond Team of the Century
Richmond Hall of Fame – immortal status
Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1996
Richmond life member
AFL life member
AFLCA Coaching Legend Award: 2011
Representative
National Football Carnival championship: 1980
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Thomas Stanley Raymond HafeyMBE (5 August 1931 – 12 May 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He then became one of the VFL's longest-serving and most successful coaches, guiding Richmond to four VFL premierships before also having stints at Collingwood, Geelong and finally Sydney. Hafey was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, named coach of Richmond's team of the century in 1998, and given the AFL Coaches Association "Coaching Legend Award" in 2011.
He was renowned for his fitness and toughness even in his elderly years when he would still run rings around his juniors. He would do over 700 push-ups and crunches a day every day since he started playing in the VFL.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours.[1]
^"1982 New Year Honours List". The London Gazette. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours. TomHafey was born and raised in Richmond. He began his football career with the...
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already made his mark. He immediately recruited former Geelong coach TomHafey. Hafey, in turn, used his knowledge of Geelong's contracts to recruit David...
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forlornly as the Tigers slipped to a six-goal deficit at half time. Coach TomHafey took a big risk by bringing Hart on at this point; Hart's inspirational...
Carlton had not beaten the Tigers in a final since 1920. As Richmond coach TomHafey recalled: "We were expected to kill [Carlton] in the grand final." The...
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Swift tasted success as the captain of a premiership team, coached by TomHafey (who had played beside Swift in the Richmond first eighteen in the 1957...
the end of the 1976 season, Collingwood, under former Richmond coach TomHafey, had finished first on the ladder with 18 wins and 4 losses in 1977. North...
but his trailblazing ideas and methods were embraced by his successor TomHafey, who took the reins in 1966. In what would be a closely contested season...
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fourth VFL Premiership in eight years, all of them under the coaching of TomHafey. It was also the second time that the team had won back-to-back VFL flags...
finished fifth with 14 wins, 7 losses and a draw. Collingwood was coached by TomHafey, who at one time had coached Jewell at Richmond. In the finals series...
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