Jack Thompson (Australian footballer)

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Jack Thompson
Personal information
Full name Walter John Thompson
Date of birth(1927-08-23)23 August 1927
Date of death 7 December 1961(1961-12-07) (aged 34)
Place of death Northcote, Victoria
Original team(s) Richmond Sub-Districts
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1948–51 Collingwood 51 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Thompson (23 August 1927 – 7 December 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Collingwood Football Club Australian rules football club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

He died after being shot by his de facto partner in December 1961. [2]


Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 880. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "Court Told Shot Fired To Frighten". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 27 March 1962. p. 8.
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