Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Jack Coles Full name
John David Coles Date of birth
(1886-09-07 ) 7 September 1886 Place of birth
Richmond, Victoria Date of death
29 July 1951(1951-07-29) (aged 64) Place of death
Kew, Victoria Original team(s)
Collingwood Juniors Position(s)
half-forward Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1908, 1910, 1912
Northcote (VFA)
22 (2) 1909
Richmond (VFL)
3 (2) Total
25 (4) Years
Team
Games (Goals) 1912
Victoria (VFA)
2
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables , AustralianFootball.com
John David Coles (7 September 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[ 1]
Family
The son of John Joseph Coles (1855-), and Margaret Coles, née Irvine, John David Coles was born at Richmond, Victoria on 7 September 1886.
He married Olive Victoria Lavinia Queenie Black (1889-1976) in 1908.
He played for the Northcote Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1908 (2 matches), 1910 (3 matches), in 1912 (17 matches), and also played two matches for a VFA representative team in 1912.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
He played three matches for the Richmond First XVIII;[ 5] against Collingwood on 24 July 1909 , and the last against South Melbourne on 14 August 1909 .
Death
He died (suddenly) at his residence at Kew, Victoria on 29 July 1951.[ 6]
Notes
^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.164.
^ The VFA Project .^ Interstate Football, The Barrier Miner , (Monday, 1 July 1912), p.6. ^ Interstate Football, The Barrier Miner , (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.8. ^ Hogan (1996), p.43.
^ Deaths: Coles, The Age , (Monday, 30 July 1951), p.2.
References
Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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
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