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Jack McElroy (footballer)

Jack McElroy
Personal information
Full name John Edward McElroy
Date of birth (1913-03-24)24 March 1913
Place of birth Warracknabeal, Victoria
Date of death 26 July 1958(1958-07-26) (aged 45)
Place of death Essendon, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81.5 kg (180 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–37 Brunswick (VFA) 49 (76)
1938–39 Carlton 17 (12)
1940–41 Brunswick (VFA) 37 (79)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Edward McElroy (24 March 1913 – 26 July 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1]

Family

The son of John Edward McElroy (1872–1937),[2] and Sarah Jane McElroy (1890–1919), née Dunne, John Edward McElroy was born at Warracknabeal on 24 March 1913.

He married Alma Mary Harrison (1916–2001) on 27 March 1937.[3]

Death

McElroy's grave at Melbourne General Cemetery

He died at Essendon, Victoria on 26 July 1958.[4] He was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p. 542.
  2. ^ "Deaths: McElroy", The Age, (Wednesday, 12 May 1937), p. 1.
  3. ^ "Bride's Six Attendants", The Herald, (Saturday, 27 March 1937), p. 19.
  4. ^ "Deaths: McElroy", The Age, (Monday, 28 July 1958), p. 12.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal John Edward McElroy (V311078), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Service Record: Corporal John Edward McElroy (V311078), National Archives of Australia.


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