Jack Gill

Jack Gill
Personal information
Full nameJohn Anthony Gill
Date of birth10 January 1898
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
Date of death18 July 1967 (aged 69)
Place of deathOrmond, Victoria
Original teamSt Kilda Juniors
DebutRound 1, 1925, Hawthorn
v. Richmond, at Glenferrie Oval
Height/Weight171 cm / – kg
Position(s)Wing
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1922–24
1925–28		Hawthorn (VFA)
Hawthorn		44 (12)[1]
40 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1928 season.

John Anthony "Jack" Gill (10 January 1898 – 18 July 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Jack Gill was the youngest of nine children of Thomas Gill and Bridget Annie O'Callaghan and was born and raised in the St Kilda area. Gill joined Hawthorn from St Kilda Juniors at the start of the 1922 VFA season[3] and he continued to play throughout their first four seasons of VFL football, making 40 appearances in this competition including being a member of their inaugural VFL side.[4]

After his football career Gill worked as a stockbroker in Melbourne. He married Melinda Christina Kate Ingram in 1928 and they had two children together Ted and Peter and lived in Ormond. Jack Gill died in 1967 at the age of 69.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 8 May 1922. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "HAWTHORN'S INITIAL EFFORT.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 May 1925. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Deaths.". The Age. 19 July 1967. p. 21.

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