Jack Furness

Jack Furness
Personal information
Full name John Robert Furness
Born (1890-08-23)23 August 1890
North Melbourne, Victoria
Died 9 February 1968(1968-02-09) (aged 77)
Hawthorn, Victoria
Original team Fitzroy juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Fitzroy 6 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Robert Furness (23 August 1890 – 9 February 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fitzroy (VFL)

He made his debut, as one of the seven new players for Fitzroy — i.e., Ernie Everett, Jack Furness, Cliff Hutton, Frank Lamont, Tom Moloughney, Danny Murphy, and Eric Watson — against Melbourne on 29 April 1911.

Death

He died at Hawthorn, Victoria on 9 February 1968.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.
  3. ↑ Deaths: Furness, The Age, (Saturday, 10 February 1968), p.43.