Jack Sheehan (footballer) explained

Jack Sheehan
Fullname:	John Joseph Sheehan
Birth Date:	29 May 1890
Birth Place:	South Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	Heidelberg, Victoria
Originalteam:	St Ignatius
Height:	165 cm^[1]
Weight:	73 kg
Statsend:	1917
Years1:	1911
Games Goals1:	3 (0)
Years2:	1912
Games Goals2:	0 (0)
Years3:	1915, 1917
Games Goals3:	14 (0)
Games Goalstotal:	17 (0)

John Joseph Sheehan (29 May 1890 – 17 June 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2] He was also listed with the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game.^[3]

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF on 12 July 1915. He did not serve overseas. He was discharged from the AIF on 6 November 1916, on medical grounds, subsequent to surgery for a rectal fistula.

Football

New South Wales

He was the coach of the New South Wales team at the sixth Australian National Football Carnival, held in Melbourne in August 1927.

See also

• 1927 Melbourne Carnival

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
• World War One Service Record: John Joseph Sheehan, National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Jack Sheehan's profile at Collingwood Forever
• Jack Sheehan on Demonwiki
• John Joseph Sheehan, at New South Wales Australian Football History Society.

Notes and References

1. His military shows that in November 1915, aged 25 years and two months, he was 5ft. 5in. (165cm) tall, and weighed 11 stone 7lbs (73kg.).
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.810
3. News: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913. . The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 16 April 1913. 6 June 2015. 2.