Jack Beveridge Explained

Jack Beveridge
Fullname:John Robert Beveridge
Birth Date:8 May 1907
Birth Place:Collingwood, Victoria
Death Place:Moorabbin Hospital,
Bentleigh East, Victoria
Height:177 cm
Weight:77 kg
Statsend:1936
Years1:1926–1934
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:148 (44)
Years2:1935–1936
Club2:West Perth
Games Goals2:31 (20)
Careerhighlights:

John Robert Beveridge (8 May 1907 – 30 June 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Family

The son of Paul Robert Beveridge (1876–1943)[1] and Catherine Mary Beveridge (1875–1961), née Prendeville, John Robert Beveridge was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 8 May 1907.

He married Mercia Griffiths Payne (1907–1986)[2] in 1936.

Beveridge's grandson, Luke Beveridge, also played football at VFL/AFL level and currently coaches the Western Bulldogs who he coached to the 2016 AFL premiership.

Football

Beveridge played as a centreman and was noted for his handballing skills. He finished equal seventh in the 1933 Brownlow Medal and was a member of the Collingwood side which won four premierships in a row under Jock McHale.[3]

After leaving Collingwood he joined West Perth in the WANFL and helped them to win their second consecutive premiership.[4]

In 1937 he moved to Tasmania and was captain-coach of Launceston, the club winning the NTFA premiership for the fifth consecutive season and also the State premiership for that season.[5]

Death

He died at the Moorabbin Hospital in Bentleigh East, Victoria on 30 June 1986.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206850499 Deaths: Beveridge, The Age, (Saturday, 6 March 1943), p.8.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8wAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3010%2C6637926 Funeral Notices: Beveridge, The Age, (Monday, 30 June 1986), p.19.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243321708 Footballers Figure in Handball Surprise, The Herald, (Monday, 26 March 1934), p.15.
  4. News: LEAGUE FOOTBALL. WEST PERTH'S PREMIERSHIP. . . 50 . 2,591 . Western Australia . 17 October 1935 . 23 January 2018 . 30 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: Launceston's Splendid Win in State Football Premiership . . XCVI . 176 . Tasmania, Australia . 4 October 1937 . 23 January 2018 . 11 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY) . National Library of Australia.
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ssnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1470%2C1570719 Deaths: Beveridge, The Age, (Thursday, 3 July 1986), p.27.