Jack Connelly

Jack Connelly
Personal information
Full nameJack H. Connelly
Date of birth4 August 1918
Date of death10 August 2006 (aged 88)
Original teamPreston
Height/Weight179 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1942-1944St Kilda28 (40)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1944 season.

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

  1. "Jack Connelly - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. AFL Tables: Jack Connelly
  4. The Argus,"League Players May Transfer", 17 March 1945, p. 8