John Kerr (Australian footballer)

John Kerr
Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-07-15)15 July 1934
Date of death	18 September 2005(2005-09-18) (aged 71)
Original team(s)	Melbourne Grammar
Height / weight	177cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953–1958 1958 Total	Footscray Melbourne	81 (24) 02 0(2) 83 (26)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.

John Kerr (15 July 1934 – 18 September 2005)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.

Kerr played as a rover spent six seasons with the Bulldogs. He was one of the best afield in their 1954 Grand Final victory, his 32 possessions was the most by a Footscray player.

References

↑ "2005 Review". Footystats. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.

External links

John Kerr's statistics from AFL Tables

Footscray Football Club 1954 VFL premiers

Footscray 15.12 (102) defeated Melbourne 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Kerr 2. Collins 3. Whitten 5. Box 6. Sutton (c) 7. Duffy 9. Ross 11. Edwards 17. Stockman 18. Bryden 19. Martin 22. Donald 24. Gallagher 25. Henderson 26. Nuttall 28. Reynolds 30. Abbey 32. Stevens 33. McCarthy 34. Gilmore

Coach: Sutton

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