The son of John Torney and Catherine Torney, née Brown, Torney was born on 14 November 1909.
He married Joyce Eudora Davis (1916-2005) in 1941; they had three daughters, Pamela, Lorraine, and Beverley.
Football
South Melbourne (VFL)
Along with two of his Patchewollock team-mates, H. "Bub" Jamieson, and Reg Bryans, Torney tried out with South Melbourne in the 1933 pre-season.[1] None of the three made South Melbourne's final list.
Essendon (VFL)
A ruckman, Torney kicked with his left foot and formed a lethal combination during his career with rover Dick Reynolds.
He had his finest season in 1940, winning the Essendon Best and Fairest award and finishing second in the Brownlow Medal count. His 24 Brownlow votes were at the time the most ever by a player not to win the medal. Torney was a premiership player in 1942 and also represented Victoria in 1937, 1939, and 1941.
He retired at the end of the 1943 season.
Willamstown (VFA)
He came out of retirement in 1945,[2] and played one season with the VFA team Williamstown. He played 18 games and kicked 2 goals.
Footnotes
^Giants from the Bush, The Herald, (Friday, 21 April 1933), p.14.
^League Men With Association Clubs, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 March 1945), p.13.
References
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN0-670-86814-0
External links
Hugh Torney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Hugh Torney at AustralianFootball.com
Brief biography
Hugh Torney, Boyles Football Photos.
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