Jack Nilson (footballer)
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| Jack Nilson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Ivar Nilson | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 31 October 1970 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Parkville, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Brunswick | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 71.5 kg (158 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1944 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
John Ivar Nilson (12 March 1919 – 31 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Nilson was of Finnish heritage and his mother, Suleima Elizabeth Siuro (c1893-1919), a domestic servant,[2] tragically died in Melbourne, on 15 March 1919, from the 1919 influenza epidemic three days after his birth.[3]
He was then adopted by Swedish immigrants, Bror Edvard Nilsson (a.k.a. Nilson) (−1956),[4] and Ida Ingeborg Nilson (1882–1937), née Gröndahl (a.k.a. Greendale), who lived in West Brunswick.
He married Gwendoline Claire Johnson (1922–1985) on 11 April 1942.[5] They had three children.
War service
Nilson also served in the 58th Battalion of the Second AIF during World War II.[6]
