Jack Sherman (footballer)

Jack Sherman
Personal information
Full name John Sherman
Date of birth (1900-09-23)23 September 1900
Place of birth Kerang, Victoria
Date of death 14 October 1969(1969-10-14) (aged 69)
Place of death Bendigo, Victoria
Original team(s) Bendigo, Chillingollah
Position(s) Full Back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Footscray 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Sherman (23 September 1900 – 14 October 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and represented Footscray in its first official VFL match in 1925.[1]

After his one and only season with Footscray, Sherman went on to play with the Preston, Maffra, Traralgon[2] (1930 - losing grand final side[3]) and Stratford Football Clubs and represented the Gippsland League against The Wimmera.

Jack is the brother of Ted Sherman and Bill Sherman.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 912. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1930 - Football". Trove Newspapers. Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic). 10 April 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ "1930 - Bairnsdale third consecutive premiership". Trove Newspapers. Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic). 29 September 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2021.


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