Jack Purse Explained

Jack Purse
Fullname:John Landles Purse
Birth Date:28 June 1879
Birth Place:Hawthorn, Victoria
Death Place:Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Originalteam:Brighton
Height:179 cm
Position:Defender
Statsend:1908
Years1:1898
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Years2:1900–1908
Games Goals2:109 (12)
Games Goalstotal:110 (12)
Sooteam1:Victoria
Sooyears1:1901, 1904
Careerhighlights:

John Landles Purse (28 June 1879 – 2 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of John Purse (1838–1893),[1] and Alison Purse (1845–1927), née Landles,[2] John Landles Purse was born in Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 June 1879.[3]

He married Victoria May McKay (1878–1972) on 25 April 1904.[4] One of their sons, Neil Landles Purse (1911–1942), was killed in action serving with the Second AIF on 26 October 1942.[5] [6]

Football

Recruited from Brighton in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association, Purse made his VFL debut for St Kilda against in round 17 of the 1898 VFL season, at Corio Oval. He transferred to Melbourne in 1900 and in his first season became a premiership player, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final at centre half-back. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 77, based on the order of his debut for the club.[7]

His younger brother Hugh Purse also played for Melbourne.

Death

He died at his home in Boyup Brook, Western Australia on 2 March 1953.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8542260 Deaths: Purse, The Argus, (Tuesday, 25 April 1893), p.1.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138084436 Marriages: Purse—Landles, The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 July 1871), p.27
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5949971 Births: Purse, The Argus, (Wednesday, 9 July 1879), p.1.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138769075 Marriages: Purse—McKay, The Australasian, (Saturday, 28 May 1904), p.57.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165113307 Births: Purse, The Prahran Telegraph, (Friday, 22 December 1911), p.1.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47356015 Deaths on Service: Purse, The West Australian, (Thursday, 26 November 1942), p.1
  7. Web site: Heritage Numbers – 0–500 . Melbourne Football Club . 18 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815134334/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/17244/default.aspx . 15 August 2012 .
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49083988 Deaths: Purse, The Age, (Wednesday, 4 March 1953), p.20