Jack Sharpley

Jack Sharpley
Personal information
Full name Thomas John Sharpley
Date of birth (1968-09-30)30 September 1968
Place of birth Maffra, Victoria
Date of death 30 September 1968(1968-09-30) (aged 62)
Place of death Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s) Kerang
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1927 Footscray 8 (2)
1927–1932 Hawthorn 41 (1)
Total 49 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Sharpley's grave at Boroondara General Cemetery

Thomas John Sharpley (18 February 1906 – 30 September 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A full back, Sharpley started his league career in 1926 with Footscray and played with them for a season and a half before moving to Hawthorn where he played with his brother Keith. In 1930, Sharpley won Hawthorn Football Club's Best and Fairest award, later known as the Peter Crimmins Medal, and finished equal fourth in the Brownlow Medal.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Jack Sharpley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 806. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
[edit]