Tommy Worle

Tommy Worle (21 January 1885 – 31 July 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action, in France, in World War I.

Family One of five children, the son of Thomas Worle (1845–1915), and Eliza Worle (1857–1912), née Dennis, Thomas Henry Worle was born at Collingwood on 21 January 1885. His brother, Leonard Victor Worle (1889–1948) played for Essendon.

He married Elsie Maud Courtis in 1912; his brother-in-law, Harry Courtis, was killed in action on 20 May 1915.

Football Collingwood He played three games for the Collingwood First XVIII in 1907.

Brunswick He was cleared from Collingwood, where he had been playing in the Reserves during the 1908 season, to Brunswick (VFA) in 1909.

Collingwood District Football Club In April 1910, he was cleared from Brunswick to play for the Collingwood District Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association.

Alphington In 1914 he was playing for his local team, Alphington, in the Heidelberg District Football League. He played in both 1914 and 1915.

Military service He enlisted in the First AIF in January 1916.

Death He was killed in action near Armentières, in northern France on 31 July 1917.