Jack Deas Explained
Jack Deas |
Fullname: | John Deas |
Nickname: | Jack |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1875 |
Birth Place: | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Death Place: | Caulfield, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Leopold (MJFA) |
Position: | Defender |
Statsend: | 1902 |
Years1: | 1897 |
Club1: | South Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 2 (0) |
Years2: | 1899–1901 |
Club2: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals2: | 33 (0) |
Years3: | 1902 |
Club3: | Essendon |
Games Goals3: | 3 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 38 (0) |
Careerhighlights: |
1899
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John Deas (5 November 1875 – 23 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club, Fitzroy Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of John Deas (1843–1891),[1] [2] and Elizabeth Deas (1851-1925), née Scott,[3] John Deas was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 5 November 1875. His brother, George Deas (1888–1958), played VFL football with South Melbourne and VFA football with Port Melbourne; another brother, Robert "Bob" Deas (1886-1960), also played VFL football with South Melbourne.
He married Irene Styche Colby (1882–1941) on 2 November 1912.[4] [5] [6] They had two children: a daughter, Nancy (b.1915), and a son, Geoffrey (b.1918), who died in his infancy.[7]
Cricket
He played cricket with the South Melbourne Cricket Club.[8]
Football
South Melbourne (VFA)
Deas, who was a defender, was recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the Victorian Junior Football Association (MJFA), with whom he played in 1895 and 1896. He played one game with the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFA in 1896.[9]
South Melbourne (VFL)
He played in two games with South Melbourne in the first-ever year of the VFL competition (1897).
Fitzroy (VFL)
He was cleared from South Melbourne to Fitzroy in May 1899.[10] He played in 15 consecutive matches, following his debut in round 3, and was a half-back flanker in Fitzroy's 1899 premiership side.[11]
Essendon (VFL)
After a further two seasons at Fitzroy he crossed to Essendon where he played one final season.
Employment
He was employed by the Public Works Department for 48 years, the last 25 as engineer-in-charge at the Melbourne Law Courts.[12]
Death
He died at his residence in Caulfield, Victoria on 23 August 1949.[13] [14]
References
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
External links
Notes and References
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164430936 The Flood, The (Port Melbourne) Standard, (Saturday, 18 July 1891), p. 3.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8632203 Drowned in the Flood, The Argus, (Monday, 3 August 1891), p. 6.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2159465 Deaths: Deas, The Argus, (Thursday, 29 October 1925), p. 1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10514351 Marriages: Deas—Colby, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 December 1912), p. 1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8219929 Deaths: Deas, The Argus, (Tuesday, 2 December 1941), p. 4.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164980165 The Final. Call: Mrs. Irene Deas, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 6 December 1941), p. 2.
- Geoffrey lived for only two days.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162545623 "No-Balled" for Throw, So bowled Underarm: Cricket Incident Recalled by Death of Mr. Jack Deas, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 27 August 1949), p.5.
- Pennings (2016), p. 529.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9531974 Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 July 1899), p. 7.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223171030 Victorian Football League Premiers for 1899 — The Fitzroy Team and Supporters (Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 23 September 1899), p. 11.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164978197 Mr. Jack Deas retires from Public Works Department; Had many successes as South Melbourne Cricketer, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 16 August 1941), p. 2.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22773836 Deaths: Deas, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 August 1949), p. 12.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189464040 Obituary: Mr. J. Deas, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 August 1949), p. 2.