Jack Freeman | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack Freeman | ||
Date of birth | 15 November 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Bairnsdale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 November 1916 | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Rouen, France | ||
Original team(s) | Rose of Northcote | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1913–14 | South Melbourne | 22 (39) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jack Freeman (15 November 1891 – 15 November 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
The son of Frederick and Margaret Freeman, née McGuiness, he was born on 15 November 1891. He died of wounds received on active service on 15 November 1916. [1]
Top goalscorer for South Melbourne in 1914.
He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. [2] [3] He was badly wounded in France; and, after having both legs amputated, he died in a military hospital on his 25th birthday. [4] [5]
Jack Freeman | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack Freeman | ||
Date of birth | 15 November 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Bairnsdale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 November 1916 | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Rouen, France | ||
Original team(s) | Rose of Northcote | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1913–14 | South Melbourne | 22 (39) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jack Freeman (15 November 1891 – 15 November 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
The son of Frederick and Margaret Freeman, née McGuiness, he was born on 15 November 1891. He died of wounds received on active service on 15 November 1916. [1]
Top goalscorer for South Melbourne in 1914.
He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. [2] [3] He was badly wounded in France; and, after having both legs amputated, he died in a military hospital on his 25th birthday. [4] [5]