Tom Holland (Australian footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom Holland (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1885

Place of Birth: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1946

Profession: police officer, Australian rules footballer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Thomas Christie Holland (15 September 1885 – 27 December 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association. Tom Holland was the youngest child of police sergeant Thomas Holland (1843-1901) and Johanna Quigley (1845-1911).
He was educated at Xavier College in Kew and in 1904 he was a member of North Melbourne's Victorian Football Association premiership team.
He made five appearance for Collingwood in 1908. On 16 October 1907 he joined the Victoria Police and served until 1944. On 14 October 1914 he married Mary Josephine Harper and they had five children - James Christie, Mary Veronica, Patricia Marie, Thomas Joseph and John Francis Holland.
His brother John James Holland was a member of the Victorian Parliament between 1929 and 1955.