Gordon Jones | |
Fullname: | Gordon Lindsay Jones |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | Bealiba, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Maryborough |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 85 kg |
Position: | Follower |
Statsend: | 1940 |
Years1: | 1935–1940 |
Club1: | Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 61 (2) |
Gordon Lindsay Jones (2 November 1913 – 3 December 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He was the cousin of Melbourne footballers Colin Niven and Ray Niven.[1]
A Maryborough recruit, he had a strong year in 1938 when he gathered 12 Brownlow Medal votes to finish as the best placed Melbourne player and equal ninth overall.
Jones debuted in League football with a solid performance as a ruckman in the opening round of the 1935 VFL season when Melbourne lost to Essendon 15.9 (99) to 24.15 (159).[2]
He was primarily a follower during his career but also played at centre half back, the position in which he was a member of Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams.[3]
Jones won the Donald Gift in 1935.[4]