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Jack Southern
Australian rules footballer
Jack Southern (2 May 1874 – 8 March 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Jack Southern | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Southern | ||
| Date of birth | (1874-05-02)2 May 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| Date of death | 8 March 1919(1919-03-08) (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Ascot Vale, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1897–1899 | South Melbourne | 31 (3) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of John Southern (1844–1891),[2] and Elizabeth Jane Southern (1847-1877), née Timpson,[3][4] was born at Dunedin, New Zealand on 2 May 1874.[5]
He married Katherine Parnell Whitty (1876–1953) on 9 August 1899.[6]
He played for two seasons — 1895[7][8] and 1896[9][10] — in South Melbourne's VFA team, including when he played on the wing in the play-off match against Collingwood, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 3 October 1896,[11][12]
He made his debut for South Melbourne in the team's first match in the VFL competition against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897.
He died at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 8 March 1919.[13][14]
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 836.
- Births Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Births Registration No.1874/30424.
- The Success of High Marking, The Argus, (Monday, 18 May 1896), p. 6: note that his family name is mistakenly given as "Sothern".
- "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 22, 654. 10 March 1919. p. 1.
- Crossed the Border, The (Emerald Hill) Record, 15 March 1919, p. 2.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
- Jack Southern's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Southern at AustralianFootball.com
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