Jack Doubleday
| Jack Doubleday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jack Lindsay Doubleday | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1890 | ||
| Date of death | 30 October 1918 (aged 28) | ||
| Place of death | Indian Ocean | ||
| Original team | Wesley College | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1912–14 1915 Total | University Melbourne | 36 (17) 17 (4) 53 (21) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1915 season. | |||
Jack Lindsay Doubleday (28 May 1890 – 30 October 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. A dentist, Doubleday enrolled in the Australian Army Medical Corps, but he died of influenza on his way to the Western Front in 1918, and was buried at sea.[1]
See also
- List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service
Footnotes
- ↑ "Roll of Honour – Jack Lindsay Doubleday". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
- Jack Doubleday's statistics from AFL Tables