Jack Conway (footballer)
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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 | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
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 season.
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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). 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]
Personal life
Jack married Mary Catherine "Polly" Doloughty and had five children from 1899 to 1915.
References
- ↑ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Jack Conway's statistics from AFL Tables
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