Jack Giles
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Jack Giles | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leonard George Giles | ||
| Date of birth | (1921-06-17)17 June 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Yorketown, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 23 August 1994(1994-08-23) (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Glandore, South Australia | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941–1942, 1946–1951 | Sturt | 95 (30) | |
| 1943 | Richmond | 1 (0) | |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1928/29 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo | |||||||||||||||
Leonard George "Jack"[1] Giles (17 June 1921 – 23 August 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL),[2] and cricketer, who represented South Australia. He was appointed captain of Sturt in 1949.[1]
In 1942 he enlisted in the Australian Defence Force, joining the 112th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment,[3] and in 1943 he played one game for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.
References
- ^ a b "Sturt Pick Men To Train". The Mail. Adelaide. 16 April 1949. p. 19. Retrieved 29 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
- ^ "World War 2 Nominal Roll". National Archives of Australia.
External links
- Jack Giles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Giles at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Giles at ESPNcricinfo
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Captains of the Sturt Football Club
- 1901: Kekwick
- 1902–1903: Tomlin
- 1904: Gurr
- 1905–1906: Fulton
- 1906: Buttrose
- 1907–1908: Hyman
- 1909–1913: Renfrey
- 1913: Bannigan
- 1914–1919: Mayman
- 1920: Richardson
- 1921: Golding
- 1922–1924: Richardson
- 1925–1927: Golding
- 1928: Whitehead
- 1929: Martin
- 1930: Riley
- 1930–1933: Bateman
- 1933–1934: Parsons
- 1935–1937: King
- 1938–1940: Morton
- 1941: Green
- 1945: Langley
- 1946: Leak
- 1947: Langley
- 1948: Tilley
- 1949: Giles
- 1950–1951: Toyne
- 1951–1955: Fitzgerald
- 1956: May
- 1957–1958: Goodchild
- 1959–1961: Williams
- 1962–1968: Halbert
- 1969–1972: Shearman
- 1973–1980: Bagshaw
- 1981: Howard
- 1982–1984: Davies
- 1985–1986: Craig
- 1987–1990: Whittlesea
- 1991–1992: Paynter
- 1993–1994: Viney
- 1995–2002: Thredgold
- 2003: Maloney
- 2004–2008: Nelson
- 2007–2012: Sheedy
- 2013–2015: Coad
- 2015-2019: Kirkwood
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