Syd Tate

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Syd Tate
Personal information
Full name Sydney Tate
Date of birth (1925-02-13)13 February 1925
Place of birth England[1]
Date of death 15 May 2015(2015-05-15) (aged 90)
Place of death Hamlyn Heights, Victoria
Original team(s) Yallourn
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1951 Geelong 85 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sydney "Spudda" Tate (13 February 1925 – 15 May 2015[2][3]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.

Tate was a wingman in Geelong's 1951 premiership side, his last year in the league. He could also play as a rover and was originally from the Victorian town of Yallourn.

References

  1. ^ "Cats mourn passing of Syd Tate". geelongcats.com.au. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Obituaries 2015". AFL Record Season 2016: 1134.
  3. ^ "Obituaries: Tate, Syd". Geelong Advertiser. 18 May 2015.

External links

  • Syd Tate's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Geelong Football Club 1951 VFL premiers
Geelong 11.15 (81) defeated Essendon 10.10 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1. Morrison
  • 2. Middlemiss
  • 4. Davis
  • 6. Pianto
  • 7. McMaster
  • 8. Renfrey
  • 9. Turner
  • 10. Flanagan (c)
  • 11. Smith
  • 16. Hovey
  • 17. Reed
  • 18. Goninon
  • 22. Morrow
  • 24. Tate
  • 25. Worner
  • 28. Trezise
  • 30. Norman
  • 32. Stewart
  • 33. Fulton
  • 37. Hyde
Coach: Hickey
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