Tom Leehane is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 and Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football League

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 (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

1948 VFL season

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. After not featuring in the 1949 season, Leehane crossed to Essendon and appeared in four games in 1950 and another three in 1951.

In 1952, Leehane played with Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

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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.