Jack Sales
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Brighton North, Victoria
Frankston, Victoria
| Jack Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jack Merton Sales | ||
| Born |
30 March 1925 Brighton North, Victoria | ||
| Died |
29 September 2007 (aged 82) Frankston, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Hampton Rovers | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–47 | Sandringham (VFA) | 40 (4) | |
| 1948–49 | Collingwood | 31 (2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack Merton Sales (30 March 1925 – 29 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Sales enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after turning 18 and served until the end of World War II.[2]
Football
After demobilization, Sales joined Sandringham for the 1946 VFA season, and played on a wing in their premiership winning side that year. In 1947, Sales again appeared in a VFA Grand Final, this time on a losing side as Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne.
In 1948 Sandringham refused him a clearance to Collingwood, but he received a permit from the VFL and transferred to Collingwood.[3] He played a total of 31 games over his two seasons with Collingwood before moving to a playing-coach role with Hamilton Imperials.[4]