fullname heightweight death_place years clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
maurice sankey 193 cm / 87 kg 1965 11 21 1940 2 9 yes 1959-1965 carlton ruckman 1965 latrobe 9 february 1940 maurie sankey
 maurie sankey
maurie sankey

maurie sankey -lrb- 9 february 1940 -- 21 november 1965 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with carlton in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
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 .
on 21 november 1965 , sankey was killed when his car was involved in a head-on collision near wangaratta .
he was buried in springvale cemetery .
