Jack Sharpley | |
Fullname: | Thomas John Sharpley |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1968 |
Birth Place: | Maffra, Victoria |
Death Place: | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Kerang |
Statsend: | 1932 |
Years1: | 1926–1927 |
Club1: | Footscray |
Games Goals1: | 8 (2) |
Years2: | 1927–1932 |
Club2: | Hawthorn |
Games Goals2: | 41 (1) |
Games Goalstotal: | 49 (3) |
Careerhighlights: |
1930 |
Thomas John Sharpley (18 February 1906 – 30 September 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A full back, Sharpley started his league career in 1926 with Footscray and played with them for a season and a half before moving to Hawthorn where he played with his brother Keith. In 1930, Sharpley won Hawthorn Football Club's Best and Fairest award, later known as the Peter Crimmins Medal, and finished equal fourth in the Brownlow Medal.