Jack Dalton (footballer, born 1876)

Jack Dalton
Dalton in 1899
Personal information
Full name John George Dalton
Born (1876-04-15)15 April 1876
Prahran, Victoria
Died 8 March 1923(1923-03-08) (aged 46)
Sandringham, Victoria
Original team Fitzroy Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1896 Fitzroy (VFA) 17 (0)
1897–1900 Fitzroy 44 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John George Dalton (15 April 1876 – 8 March 1923), better known as Jack Dalton, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John James Dalton (1849–1890),[2] and Margaret Dalton (1857–1902), née Manning,[3] John George Dalton was born at Prahran, Victoria on 15 April 1876.[4]

He married Clare Margaret O'Neill (1883–1940) in 1912.[5][6] They had two children.

Football

Making his senior debut in 1896,[7] the year before the inaugural VFL season, Dalton was a half back flanker in Fitzroy's 1898 VFL premiership team. He missed out on Fitzroy's premiership the following season due to injury.

Death

He died at Sandringham, Victoria on 8 March 1923.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 204.
  2. ↑ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Wednesday, 4 June 1890), p. 1.
  3. ↑ Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 May 1902), p. 1.
  4. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no. 11377/1876.
  5. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no. 7352/1912.
  6. ↑ Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 June 1940), p. 4.
  7. ↑ Pennings (2016).
  8. ↑ Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Friday, 9 March 1923), p. 1.

References

  • Sporting Notes, The Fitzroy City Press, (Thursday, 15 June 1899), p 3.
  • Play and Players ('Old Boys' match between Collingwood and Fitzroy'), The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 4 July 1913), p. 4.
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
  • Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
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