{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Tommy Kinman | image = | fullname = Thomas Samuel Kinman | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|07|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|11|22|1875|07|13|df=y}} | death_place = East Brunswick, Victoria | originalteam = Cumberland | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1903 | years1 = 1898 | club1 = Carlton (VFL) | games_goals1 = 1 (1) | years2 = 1899, 1901-2 | club2 = North Melbourne (VFA) | games_goals2 = 22 (24) | years3 = 1903 | club3 = Preston (VFA) | games_goals3 = | careerhighlights = }}
'''Tommy Kinman''' (13 July 1875 – 22 November 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2009), p. 456.</ref>
==Family== The son of Richard Kinman (1844-1921),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204260864 Deaths: Kinman, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 9 November 1921), p. 1.]</ref> and Sophia Kinman (1849-1909), née Haselam,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196123329 Deaths: Kinman, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 3 April 1909), p. 5.]</ref> Thomas Samuel Kinman was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 13 July 1875.<ref>''Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria'' Births Registration No.17777/1875.</ref>
He married Catherine McIlwaine (1878–1948), at St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, on 12 July 1905.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206895175 Deaths: Kinman, ''The Age'', (Monday, 19 July 1948), p. 2.]</ref> They had three children; one of whom died as an infant.
==Football== ===Carlton (VFL)=== He played in two matches for the Carlton First XVII, at full-forward: against Geelong, at Princes Park, on 28 May 1898 (he kicked one goal),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9835936 Exciting Finish at Carlton, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 30 May 1898), p. 6.]</ref><ref>[https://www.blueseum.org/Round+4%2C+1898 Round 4, 1898, ''Blueseum''.]</ref> and against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 4 June 1898, in which Carlton's 6 behinds to Collingwood's 6 goals 12 behinds, represents Carlton's lowest-ever score on record.<ref>[https://www.blueseum.org/Round+5%2C+1898 Round 5, 1898, ''Blueseum''.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9837805 A Rough Game at Fitzroy, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 13 June 1898), p. 7.]</ref>
On 21 June 1898, he was cleared from Carlton to the West Melbourne Football Club.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9839176 Football, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 22 June 1898), p. 6.]</ref>
===North Melbourne (VFA)=== He played in 22 games, scoring 24 goals, for the North Melbourne Football Club in the VFA over three seasons: 1899, 1901, and 1902.
===Preston (VFA)=== On 1 July 1903 he was cleared from North Melbourne to the Preston Football Club.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197224622 Football, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 2 July 1903), p. 8.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246096815 Preston v. Williamstown: The Teams, ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 18 July 1903), p.4.]</ref>
==Boxing== On 15 October 1895 he fought the (undefeated) bantamweight champion, Michael "Micko" Walsh,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63837519 Fighting for Life: Boxer on Sick Bed: Former Ring Idol, ''The (Adelaide) Mail'', (Saturday, 19 April 1930), p. 3.]</ref> and lost, in the fifth round, by a knockout.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227710714 Last Night at Tattersall's: Lindsay Gets Verdict over Cossan, While Walsh Outs Kinman, ''The Sportsman'', (Tuesday, 15 October 1895), p. 2.]</ref>
==Death== He died at his residence in East Brunswick, Victoria on 22 November 1941.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209807591 Deaths: Kinman, ''The Age'', (Monday, 24 November 1941), p. 1.]</ref>
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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} == External links == * {{AFL Tables|ref=T/Tommy_Kinman.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=tommy%2Bkinman/1141}} * [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Tommy+Kinman Tommy Kinman's profile] at ''Blueseum''. * [https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Kinman,_Tom.php Tom Kinman profile] at ''The VFA Project''.
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