Jack Giles
Appearance
Jack Giles | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leonard George Giles | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Yorketown, South Australia | ||
Date of death | 23 August 1994 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Glandore, South Australia | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1941–1942, 1946–1951 | Sturt | 95 (30) | |
1943 | Richmond | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1928/29 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo |
Leonard George "Jack"[1] Giles (17 June 1921 – 23 August 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL),[2] and cricketer, who represented South Australia. He was appointed captain of Sturt in 1949.[1]
In 1942 he enlisted in the Australian Defence Force, joining the 112th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment,[3] and in 1943 he played one game for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.
References
- ^ a b "Sturt Pick Men To Train". The Mail. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 16 April 1949. p. 19. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
- ^ "World War 2 Nominal Roll". National Archives of Australia.
External links
- Jack Giles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Giles at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Giles at ESPNcricinfo
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1994 deaths
- Sturt Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Cricketers from South Australia
- South Australia cricketers
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian Army soldiers
- Australian rules biography, 1920s birth stubs
- Australian cricket biography, 1920s birth stubs