Jack Sands
| Jack Sands | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert John Sands | ||
| Born |
6 October 1902 Coolgardie, Western Australia | ||
| Died |
20 July 1974 (aged 71) Concord, New South Wales | ||
| Original team | Ferny Creek | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925 | Footscray | 6 (2) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Albert John Sands (6 October 1902 – 20 July 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A follower, Sands played six consecutive games for Footscray in their first season in the VFL before getting injured and then being hospitalised with appendicitis.
Sands later served in the Australian Army. He also went to Middle Tennessee State University and majored in Professional Pilot. and then the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
Notes
- ↑ "FOOTBALL". Fern Tree Gully News. Vol. 2, no. 12. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1924. p. 3.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 785. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ↑ "Notes from Field & Club Room". Sporting Globe. No. 314. Victoria, Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 10.
- ↑ "SANDS, Albert John (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ↑ "SANDS, Albert John (Navy)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- Jack Sands's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Sands at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Sands's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.net
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