{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1928–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Tom Leehane | image = | fullname = Thomas James Leehane | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|11|1928|2|14|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/3988185/ |title=Thomas James Leehane |publisher=Herald Sun}}</ref> | death_place = | originalteam = East Brunswick YCW /<br /> North Melbourne CBC<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> | height = 180 cm | weight = 83 kg | position = Defender | statsend = 1951 | years1 = 1948–1949 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 1 (0) | years2 = 1950–1951 | club2 = Essendon | games_goals2 = 7 (0) | games_goalstotal = 8 (0) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Thomas James Leehane''' (14 February 1928 – 11 April 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leehane started out at Carlton in 1945, playing for the thirds. He only played one senior game for them, in the 1948 VFL season.<ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/T/Tom_Leehane.html |title=AFL Tables: Ted Leehane |website=afltables.com}}</ref> After not featuring in the 1949 season, Leehane crossed to Essendon and appeared in four games in 1950 and another three in 1951.<ref name=AFLTables/>
In 1952, Leehane played with Port Melbourne and was member of their 1953 premiership team. The following year he captain-coached Boort to a premiership and would also coach St Arnaud to a premiership in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=534| title=Leehane, Tom J.| publisher=Essendon Football Club official website}}</ref>
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