Jack Wegner Explained

Jack Wegner
Fullname:	Julius Wegener
Birth Date:	21 July 1913
Birth Place:	Richmond, Victoria
Death Place:	Preston, Victoria
Originalteam:	Northcote
Height:	175 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Statsend:	1938
Years1:	1938
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

Julius 'Jack' Wegner (21 July 1913 – 30 April 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Bernhard Julius Wegener (1879-1954),^[2] and Sophia Eliza Johanna "Dorothy" Wegener, née Uppink, Julius Wegener was born at Richmond, Victoria on 21 July 1913.

He married Iris Emily Schwaebsch on 30 September 1939.

His twin brother, Hans Johannes Wegener (1913-1951), a.k.a. "Andrew Wegner",^[3] played VFA football with Northcote.

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.

External links

• • • Jack Wegner, at The VFA Project
• Andrew Wegner, at The VFA Project: Jack Wegner's twin brother

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.934.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205386119 Deaths: "Bernard Julius Wegner", The Age, (Wednesday, 30 June 1954), p.13.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205332200 Deaths: Wegner, The Age, (Friday, 7 September 1951), p.2.