Jack Conway (footballer)
Jack Conway | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Joseph Conway | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1867 | ||
Place of birth | Ashby, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 22 October 1949 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Position(s) | Key position player | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1897–1899 | Geelong | 51 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Joseph "Jack" Conway (26 March 1867 – 22 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family[]
Jack married Mary Catherine "Polly" Doloughty and had five children from 1899 to 1915.
Football[]
He was Geelong's first captain in the VFL, captaining the club for its first three seasons in the new competition before retiring at the end of the 1899 season.[1] He is also notable for being in the inaugural team for Geelong in the VFL, and is credited with being the first player selected for a Geelong team.[2]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Every Player: A–C". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Conway (footballer). |
- Jack Conway's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Categories:
- 1867 births
- Geelong Football Club (VFA) players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Sportspeople from Geelong
- 1949 deaths
- Australian rules biography, pre-1870 birth stubs