Jack Coles (footballer) explained

Jack Coles
Fullname:John David Coles
Birth Date:7 September 1886
Birth Place:Richmond, Victoria
Death Place:Kew, Victoria
Originalteam:Collingwood Juniors
Position:half-forward
Statsend:1912
Years1:1908, 1910, 1912
Club1:Northcote (VFA)
Games Goals1:22 (2)
Years2:1909
Club2:Richmond (VFL)
Games Goals2:  3 (2)
Games Goalstotal:25 (4)
Sooteam1:Victoria (VFA)
Sooyears1:1912
Soogames Goals1:2

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.

Football

Northcote (VFA)

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]

Richmond (VFL)

He played three matches for the Richmond First XVIII;[5] the first 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.164.
  2. The VFA Project.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/3432988 Interstate Football, The Barrier Miner, (Monday, 1 July 1912), p.6.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45212320 Interstate Football, The Barrier Miner, (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.8.
  5. Hogan (1996), p.43.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205341644 Deaths: Coles, The Age, (Monday, 30 July 1951), p.2.