Jack Connelly
Jack Connelly | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack H. Connelly | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1918 | ||
Date of death | 10 August 2006 | (aged 88)||
Original team(s) | Preston | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1942–1944 | St Kilda | 28 (40) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jack H. Connelly (4 August 1918 – 10 August 2006)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Connelly, a forward, was St Kilda's leading goal-kicker in the 1943 VFL season, with 27 goals, despite not playing past round 11.[2][3] He returned to his original club, Preston, in 1945.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Connelly - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "AFL Tables: Jack Connelly". afltables.com.
- ^ The Argus,"League Players May Transfer", 17 March 1945, p. 8