Gerald Thomas Tanner (24 August 1921 – 10 January 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

The son of Aloysius Lindsay Walter Tanner (1890–1990), and Monica Amy Tanner (1895–1963), née Knight,^[2][3] Gerald Thomas Tanner was born at Wodonga, Victoria on 24 August 1921.

He married Margaret Raie Murphy (1928–2005) on 12 November 1949.^[4] He is the father of former North Melbourne and Melbourne player, Xavier Tanner.

Tanner was originally from Wodonga and played with Murray Football League club Cobram in 1939 and 1940 before his recruitment by Richmond.

Tanner returned to Wodonga in 1945 and went onto play 120 games with Wodonga, including their 1949 O&MFL grand final loss to Albury.^[5]

He turned 100 on 24 August 2021,^[6] and died at Wodonga, Victoria on 10 January 2022.^[7]

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

• Gerald Tanner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Gerald Tanner at AustralianFootball.com
• Gerald Tanner profile at Tigerland Archive
• 1945 - Wodonga FC team photo
• 1948 - Wodonga FC team photo
• 1949 - Wodonga FC team photo
• 1949 - Wodonga FC O&MFL grand final team photo
• 100th Birthday photo