Jack Sands | |
Fullname: | Albert John Sands |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1902 |
Birth Place: | Coolgardie, Western Australia |
Death Place: | Concord, New South Wales |
Originalteam: | Ferny Creek[1] |
Statsend: | 1925 |
Years1: | 1925 |
Games Goals1: | 6 (2) |
Albert John Sands (6 October 1902 – 20 July 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
A follower, Sands played six consecutive games for Footscray in their first season in the VFL before getting injured and then being hospitalised with appendicitis.[3]
Sands later served in the Australian Army. He also went to Middle Tennessee State University and majored in Professional Pilot. [4] and then the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.[5]