Australian rules footballer
| Jack Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jack Merton Sales | ||
| Date of birth | (1925-03-30)30 March 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton North, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 2007(2007-09-29) (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Frankston, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Hampton Rovers | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–47 | Sandringham (VFA) | 40 (4) | |
| 1948–49 | Collingwood | 31 (2) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack Merton Sales (30 March 1925 – 29 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
World War II
Sales enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after turning 18 and served until the end of World War II.
Football
After demobilization, Sales joined Sandringham for the 1946 VFA season, and played on a wing in their premiership winning side that year. In 1947, Sales again appeared in a VFA Grand Final, this time on a losing side as Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne.
In 1948 Sandringham refused him a clearance to Collingwood, but he received a permit from the VFL and transferred to Collingwood. He played a total of 31 games over his two seasons with Collingwood before moving to a playing-coach role with Hamilton Imperials.
Death
Sales died at Frankston on 29 September 2007 and was cremated at Bunurong Memorial Park.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 781. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- "World War II Roll: SALES, Jack Merton". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- "BROKENSHIRE AND SALES RECEIVE PERMITS TO COLLINGWOOD". The Argus. No. 31, 706. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1948. p. 12.
- "MAGPIES' SURPRISE CLEARANCE". The Herald. No. 22, 747. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1950. p. 23.
- "Jack Merton Sales". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
External links
- Jack Sales's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Sales's playing statistics from The VFA Project
- Jack Sales's profile on Collingwood Forever