Jack Pickford (footballer)
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| Jack Pickford | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Wilfred Hilary Pickford | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Mildura, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Launceston, Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | Hawthorn Juniors | ||
| Height/Weight | 174 cm / 81 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1922–24 1925–28 1929–31 1932 |
Hawthorn (VFA) Hawthorn Brighton (VFA) Melbourne |
11 (0) 55 (3) unknown 2 (0) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932 season.
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Wilfred Hilary "Jack" Pickford (18 April 1904 – 6 July 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Pickford was born in Mildura to Alfred Pickford and Lillian Mabel Short, but his family moved to Melbourne after his father died in 1909. He attended Swinburne Technical College where he excelled in sports, including captaining the football team.[2]
Pickford played eleven games with Hawthorn in Victorian Football Association (VFA) over the period 1922–1924.[3] In the middle of the 1924 season he transferred to Hawthorn Juniors and played in the losing Grand Final team in the Junior Competition.[4] It was during this period that Pickford started being referred to as "Jack" (presumably derived from the Hollywood star of the time, Jack Pickford).
Pickford rejoined Hawthorn as they entered in VFL competition in 1925.[5] He played in their first ever VFL match and appeared consistently through their first four seasons in the League. He was selected as part of a League representative team in 1927.
In 1929 Pickford transferred to VFA club Brighton where he played for three seasons. In 1932 he joined Melbourne and appeared in two games for them towards the end of the season.
Pickford graduated from Swinburne Senior Technical College (now Swinburne University of Technology) as a civil engineer in 1938 and later worked for the Civil Aviation Authority. In 1969 he was awarded an Imperial Service Order for his work as First Assistant Director-General of Civil Aviation.[6] He died while visiting Launceston in Tasmania in July 1971.[7]
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External links
- Jack Pickford's statistics from AFL Tables
- Demonwiki profile
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- 1904 births
- 1971 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Brighton Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- People from Mildura
- Swinburne University of Technology alumni
- Australian Companions of the Imperial Service Order
