Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)

Tom Hafey

Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hafey was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, named coach of Richmond's team of the century in 1998, and given the AFL Coaches Association "Coaching Legend Award" in 2011. He was renowned for his fitness and toughness even in his elderly years when he would still run rings around his juniors. He would do over 700 push-ups and crunches a day every day since he started playing in the VFL.

Born

1931

August 5

Died

Living

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1930s

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1931 Born

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The world in 1931

When Tom arrived

april 14 The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
april 17 After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
august 24 Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
august 5 Judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP.

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Angry Anderson 1947– Australian singer and actor Antonio Barberini 1607– Italian cardinal (died 1671) Claude Autant-Lara 1901–2000 French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000) Deodoro da Fonseca 1827–1892 Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (born 1827) Edmund of Woodstock 1301–1330 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1330) Harold Holt 1908–1967 Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967) Harry Trott 1866–1917 Australian cricketer (died 1917) Ilya Repin 1844–1930 Russian painter and sculptor (died 1930) Ingmar De Vos 1963– Belgian sports administrator

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Albert DeSalvo 1931– American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973) Alex Delvecchio 1931–2025 Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Allen Klein 1931–2009 American businessman and music publisher (died 2009) Bernard Francis Law 1931– Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017) Bob Johnson 1931–1991 American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991) Buddy Ryan 1931–2016 American football coach (died 2016) Cardiss Collins 1931–2013 American politician (born 1931) Cecil Parkinson 1931–2016 English politician (born 1931) Chalmers Johnson 1931–2010 American scholar and author (died 2010)

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