Johnny Lewis | |
Fullname: | John Francis Lewis |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1901 |
Birth Place: | West Melbourne, Victoria |
Death Place: | Kew, Victoria |
Originalteam: | North Melbourne (VFA)[1] |
Height: | 191 cm |
Weight: | 99 kg |
Position: | Ruckman |
Statsend: | 1938 |
Years1: | 1921–1924 |
Club1: | North Melbourne (VFA) |
Games Goals1: | 36 (26) |
Years2: | 1925–1935 |
Club2: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals2: | 150 (142) |
Years3: | 1936–1938 |
Club3: | Melbourne |
Games Goals3: | 46 (18) |
Sooteam1: | Victoria |
Soogames Goals1: | 10 (7) |
Coachyears1: | 1930 |
Coachclub1: | North Melbourne |
Coachgames Wins1: | 18 (1–17–0) |
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John Francis Lewis (13 September 1901 – 3 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League, playing for both North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs.
Lewis, 191 cm and 99 kg, was a tough, hard ruckman who could carry the rucking load for the team during tough periods.
In 1926, Lewis applied for a clearance to coach the Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League, but his clearance was refused by North Melbourne.[2]
In 1996 Lewis was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
His brother, John Joseph "Bill" Lewis (1909–1949), played VFL football for North Melbourne. Lewis's great-grandson Daniel Venables played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.[3]