Jack Forty Explained

Jack Forty
Fullname:	John Charles Forty
Birth Date:	7 March 1906
Birth Place:	Clifton Hill, Victoria
Death Place:	Glen Huntly, Victoria
Originalteam:	Belgrave
Height:	177 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Statsend:	1927
Years1:	1927
Games Goals1:	7 (1)

John Charles Forty (7 March 1906 – 17 July 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William Forty (1877-1967), and Lucy Forty (1877-1960), née Pollock, John Charles Forty was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria on 7 March 1906.

Football

He was cleared from Belgrave to St Kilda in April 1927.^[2]

Death

He died at his father's residence in Glen Huntly, Victoria on 17 July 1928.^[3]

References

• Holmesby, Russell * Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), (Seaford), BAS Publishing.
• "Wells" (Samuel Garnet Wells (1885-1972)), "J. Forty, St. Kilda's 'Find'", The Herald, (Friday, 3 June 1927), p.16.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.288.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184850139 Victorian Permits, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 6 April 1927), p.8.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205472595 Deaths: Forty, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 July 1928), p.1.