Jack Connelly Explained

Jack Connelly
Fullname:Jack H. Connelly
Birth Date:4 August 1918
Originalteam:Preston
Height:179 cm
Weight:80 kg
Statsend:1944
Years1:1942–1944
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:28 (40)

Jack H. Connelly (4 August 1918 – 10 August 2006)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Connelly, a forward, was St Kilda's leading goal-kicker in the 1943 VFL season, with 27 goals, despite not playing past round 11.[2] [3] He returned to his original club, Preston, in 1945.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jack Connelly - Player Bio. Australian Football. 27 December 2014.
  2. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. Web site: AFL Tables: Jack Connelly . afltables.com.
  4. The Argus,"League Players May Transfer", 17 March 1945, p. 8