Jack Sambell

Australian rules footballer, born 1908 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack Reginald Sambell (20 May 1908 – 22 August 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Fullname Jack Reginald Sambell
Born (1908-05-20)20 May 1908
Violet Town, Victoria
Died 22 August 1982(1982-08-22) (aged 74)
Fitzroy, Victoria
Original teams Euroa, Glen Iris, Yallourn
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Jack Sambell
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Full name Jack Reginald Sambell
Born (1908-05-20)20 May 1908
Violet Town, Victoria
Died 22 August 1982(1982-08-22) (aged 74)
Fitzroy, Victoria
Original teams Euroa, Glen Iris, Yallourn
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933–34 Melbourne 24 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
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Family

The second son of Edgar Shadforth Tremayne Sambell (1880–1950),[3] and Barbara Katherine Sambell (1879–1963), née McPhee,[4] Jack Reginald Sambell was born at Violet Town, Victoria, on 20 May 1908.

He married Vera May Howard (1907–1941) in 1935; she died giving birth to a stillborn child on 22 January 1941.[5][6]

He married Mary Irene Healy (1905–2000) in 1942.

Football

Transferred from Glen Iris, in the Eastern Suburbs League, in May 1932,[7] he played in Yallourn's 1932 Gippsland Football League premiership,[8] and won their club best and fairest award,[9] before he was transferred to Melbourne by the Education Department in early 1933.[10][11][12]

Death

He died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 22 August 1982.[13]

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