Maurie Sankey

Maurie Sankey
Personal information
Full name	Maurice Sankey
Date of birth	9 February 1940
Date of death	November 1965
Original team	Latrobe
Height/Weight	193 cm / 87 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1959-65	Carlton	100 (61)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1965 season .

Maurie Sankey (born 9 February 1940 – November 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sankey was from Tasmania and played his early football at Latrobe. A ruckman, he participated in Carlton's 1959 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon in just his third VFL appearance. He would later, in 1962, get to play in a Grand Final but again it was in a losing team, with Essendon victors.

He became club vice-captain in 1964 and brought up his 100th league match the following season.

In November 1965, Sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision.

References

• Maurie Sankey's statistics from AFL Tables
• Full Points Footy: Maurice Sankey
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Name	Sankey, Maurie
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Date of birth	9 February 1940
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Date of death	1965
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