Tommy Jackson (Australian footballer) explained

Tommy Jackson
Fullname:Thomas Joseph Jackson
Birth Date:29 July 1885
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:Elsternwick, Victoria
Originalteam:Port Rovers
Statsend:1907
Years1:1906–07
Games Goals1:11 (0)

Thomas Joseph Jackson (29 July 1885 – 24 December 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The eldest son of leather bag maker Thomas Charles Jackson[2] and Martha Anne Cheetham (1861–1933),[3] Thomas Joseph Jackson was born in Melbourne on 29 July 1885. He was the older brother of Jim Jackson who played for St Kilda, Collinwood and Hawthorn.

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 432.
  2. News: THE DREAMLANDERS. . Punch . CVII . 2721 . Victoria, Australia . 19 September 1907 . 15.
  3. News: Family Notices . The Age . 24,528 . Victoria, Australia . 22 November 1933 . 1.