| John Jenkins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Jenkins | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1936 | ||
| Date of death | 1 June 1980 (aged 44) | ||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruck | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1955–59 | Richmond | 34 (34) | |
| 1959–64 | North Melbourne | 71 (44) | |
| Total | 105 (78) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
John Jenkins (20 February 1936 – 1 June 1980) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
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.
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Between its inception in Richmond, Melbourne in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning two premierships. Richmond joined the Victorian Football League in 1908 and has since won eleven premierships, most recently in 2017.
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos, the Kangas or North, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world. It is based at the Arden Street Oval in the inner Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne, Victoria, but plays its home matches at the nearby Docklands Stadium.
