Jack Davis (footballer)
For other people with the same name, see Jack Davis.
Jack Davis | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 16 July 1908 | ||
Date of death | 11 August 1991 83) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Trinity Grammar | ||
Height / weight | 189 cm / 84kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1930–1938 | St Kilda | 150 (31) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Jack Davis (16 July 1908 – 11 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL during the 1930s.
A key position defender, Davis finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including third placing in 1933 and equal fifth in 1935.[1][2] He was a regular Victorian interstate representative and won St Kilda's best and fairest award in the 1934, 1935 and 1937 seasons.[1] In 1939 he went to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association as playing coach,[3] and in 1940, his final season, he won the Recorder Cup and V.F.A. Medal as best and fairest in the Association.[4]
References
- 1 2 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ↑ "Jack Davis". AFL Tables.
- ↑ "Brighton Begins Training". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 21 February 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Percy Taylor (16 September 1940). "Exciting V.F.A. semi-final". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 11.
External links
- Jack Davis's profile from AustralianFootball.com
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