Jack Davis (Australian footballer)
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Date of birth
16 July 1908
Date of death
11 August 1991 (aged 83)
Original team(s)
Trinity Grammar
Height
189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
| Jack Davis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1908 | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 1991 (aged 83) | ||
| Original team(s) | Trinity Grammar | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1930–1938 | St Kilda | 150 (31) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack Davis (16 July 1908 – 11 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL during the 1930s.
A key position defender, Davis finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including third placing in 1933 and equal fifth in 1935.[1][2] He was a regular Victorian interstate representative and won St Kilda's best and fairest award in the 1934, 1935 and 1937 seasons.[1] In 1939 he went to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association as playing coach,[3] and in 1940, his final season, he won the Recorder Cup and V. F. A. Medal as best and fairest in the Association.[4]
