Basil McCormack
Basil Milton McCormack was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.
Family
The son of Michael McCormack and Mary McCormack, née Foley, he was born at Rochester, Victoria on 3 August 1904.Richmond
A left-foot kick, recruited from Rochester, he played 200 senior games for the Richmond Football Club as a half-back flanker, and represented Victoria on 13 occasions.Double debut
Granted his clearance from Rochester to Richmond on Friday, 1 May 1925, he played his first match for Richmond, selected on the half-back flank, against Hawthorn, on 2 May 1925. He played well; with the match report noting that "McCormack … who marks and kicks well, looking a very likely man".It was also the Hawthorn team's first match in the VFL competition, the former VFA club having been admitted in the January of that year.