Tom Hawking


Arthur Thomas Hawking was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian [Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League].

Family

The ninth of the eleven children of William Henry Hawking, and Margaret Hawking, née Morgan, Arthur Thomas Hawking was born at Redcastle, Victoria on 19 February 1882. His nephew, George William Hawking (1902–1968), the son of his older brother George, played VFL football with Carlton in 1927.
He married Alice Kate Pell, in Echuca, Victoria, in 1906. They had two children: Ronald Arthur Hawking, and Norman Hawking.

Football

For many years Hawking was mistakenly identified in official VFL records as "Tom Hawkins", born in 1885.

Kyabram (GVDFA)

He played for the Kyabram Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football [Netball League#History|Goulburn Valley District Football Association (GVDFA)] "almost continually for more than 12 years".

South Melbourne (VFL)

He played in one game for South Melbourne, in the match against St Kilda, at the [Junction Oval, on 30 July 1904], the second-last round of the home-and-away season.

Death

He died at Kew, Victoria on 15 December 1952.