Jack McGarity | |
Fullname: | Jack Melville Francis McGarity |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1897 |
Birth Place: | Carlton, Victoria |
Death Place: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
Statsend: | 1918 |
Years1: | 1918 |
Games Goals1: | 2 (0) |
Jack Melville Francis McGarity (16 January 1897 – 16 March 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
McGarity was born Jack Melville Francis to the unmarried Ellen Francis in Carlton Women's Hospital in 1897. In 1898 Ellen married William McGarity, and Jack assumed the surname of his stepfather.