Jack Dempsey (footballer)

Jack Dempsey
Personal information
Full name John James Francis Dempsey
Date of birth (1919-09-25)25 September 1919
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 9 September 2006(2006-09-09) (aged 86)
Height / weight 183 cm / 88 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941, 1944–1947 South Melbourne 45 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.

John James Francis "Jack" Dempsey (25 September 1919 – 9 September 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Dempsey made four appearances in the 1941 VFL season but didn't play a single game over the next two years as he was on active service with the Australian Army.[1] He returned to South Melbourne in 1944 and kicked three goals on his first game back, against St Kilda at Junction Oval.[2] A regular member of the team in 1945, Dempsey missed just one game all year and was South Melbourne's ruck-rover in the 1945 VFL Grand Final.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Australian Government.
  2. ↑ AFL Tables: Jack Dempsey
  3. ↑ "The Bloodbath Grand Final". Australian Football.
  4. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.


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