John Jillard

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John Jillard
Personal information
Birth March 28, 1941,
Recruited from
Height and weight 183 cm / 81 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1958, Footscray vs. , at
Team(s) Footscray (1958-70)
  • 189 games, 1 goal
¹ Statistics to end of 1970 season
Career highlights

John Jillard (born March 28, 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL during the 1960's. He was a half back flanker and won the Charles Sutton Medal for Footscray's Best and Fairest in 1967. In the same year he finished 10th in the Brownlow Medal count having finished 8th two years earlier.

In 2002 he was named in Footscray's official 'Team of the Century'.

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