Joe Oakley
| Joe Oakley | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Cornelius Oakley | ||
| Born |
28 January 1914 Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Died |
8 December 1980 (aged 66) Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1934 | Essendon | 2 (2) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Joseph Cornelius Oakley (28 January 1914 – 8 December 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Joseph Thomas Oakley (1890–1959), and Theresa Veronica Oakley (1894–1988), née Yee Kee, Joseph Cornelius Oakley was born at Carlton, Victoria on 28 January 1914.
He married Florence Eugenia Dillon (1916–2008) in 1942.
Football
Essendon (VFL)
Recruited from Sunbury, he played 2 games, and kicked 2 goals, for the Essendon First XVIII in 1934.
Military service
Oakley later served in the Australian Army during World War II.
Notes
- ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.675.
- ↑ Deaths: Oakley, The Age, (Wednesday, 7 January 1959), p.17.
- ↑ "Joseph Oakley" and "Tessie Oakley" were married on 10 June 1911; "Joseph Oakley" was granted a divorce from "Tessie Oakley" on the grounds of her desertion in 1935. "Tessie" married her second husband, Thomas Patrick Brady (1888–1961), at Elwood, on 7 April 1938.
- ↑ Essendon Players Ready for Their Game, The Herald, (Monday, 4 June 1934), p.32.
- ↑ Richmond's Fine Recovery; Essendon's Gallant Fight, The Age, (Tuesday, 5 June 1934), p.4.
- ↑ Maplestone (1996), pp.405, 475.
- ↑ Nominal Roll.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- "World War II Nominal Roll: Craftsman Joseph Cornilius (sic) Oakley (VX144515)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- A14472, VX144515: World War Two Service Record: Craftsman Joseph Cornelius Oakley (VX144515), National Archives of Australia.
External links
- Joe Oakley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Joe Oakley at AustralianFootball.com
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