Tom Everuss

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Tom Everuss
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Everuss
Date of birth(1903-10-18)18 October 1903
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death 18 May 1979(1979-05-18) (aged 75)
Place of death Umina Beach, New South Wales
Original team(s) South Broken Hill
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1926 Hawthorn 17 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas James Everuss (18 October 1903 – 18 May 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Contents

Early life

The son of Thomas James Everuss (1870–1933), [2] and Margaret Priscilla Eversuss (1874–1943), née Whetter, [3] [4] Thomas James Everuss was born in Broken Hill on 18 October 1903.

He married Jean Isobel Glenn (1908-1967), in Broken Hill, on 29 January 1929. [5] [6] They had three children.

Football

After commencing his career with South Broken Hill Football Club, Everuss and his team-mate Lindsay Beck both joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season. [7] He made his debut against North Melbourne in Round 2; [8] [9] he played every game for the remainder of the season. [10]

Fireman

Everuss returned to Broken Hill in September 1926, [11] where he resumed his work as a fireman. He lived in South Broken Hill until he transferred to the fire station at South Bankstown where he served for twenty years. Upon retirement he moved to Umina where he lived until his death in 1979.

Death

He died at Umina Beach, New South Wales on 18 May 1979. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ Funeral Notices: Everuss, The Barrier Miner, (Tuesday, 17 October 1933), p.2.
  3. ↑ Marriage: Everuss—Whetter, The Barrier Miner, (Wednesday, 14 December 1898), p.2.
  4. ↑ Death of Mrs. M. Everuss, The Barrier Daily Truth, (Thursday, 23 September 1943), p.2.
  5. ↑ Personal, The Barrier Miner, (Wednesday, 30 January 1929), p.2.
  6. ↑ Deaths: Everuss, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 13 February 1967), p.20.
  7. ↑ "MORE PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus . Melbourne. 6 May 1926. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Football, The Age, (Thursday, 6 May 1926), p.6.
  9. ↑ "POOR GAME AT NORTH MELBOURNE". The Argus . Melbourne. 10 May 1926. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ Hawthorn Star: Was Broken Hill Backman, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 14 August 1926), p.6.
  11. ↑ Tom Everuss Returns, The Barrier Miner, (Wednesday, 29 September 1926), p.4.
  12. ↑ Deaths: Everuss, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 21 May 1979), p.19.


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