Tom Hawking

Arthur Thomas Hawking (19 February 1882 – 15 December 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family The ninth of the eleven children of William Henry Hawking (1837–1899), and Margaret Hawking (1845–1913), 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 (1877–1970), in Echuca, Victoria, in 1906. They had two children: Ronald Arthur Hawking (1907–1978), and Norman Hawking (1908–1978).

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 District Football Association (GVDFA) "almost continually [from 1901] for more than 12 years". "A clever little country player named Hawking roved for South Melbourne [on 30 July], and though new to metropolitan football, he showed neither greenness nor timidity, but dashed in from the first, and dodged cleverly, picking his man with all the skill and coolness of a veteran." The Leader, 6 August 1904.

Death He died at Kew, Victoria on 15 December 1952.