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Jack Price (Australian footballer)

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Jack Price
Personal information
Full name John Frederick Price
Date of birth (1901-06-26)26 June 1901
Place of birth Camberwell, Victoria
Date of death 27 June 1941(1941-06-27) (aged 40)
Place of death Syria
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Hawthorn 10 (2)
1926–29 Camberwell (VFA) 41 (6)
Total 51 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Frederick Price (26 June 1901 – 27 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of John Price, and Annie Price (née Hunt), John Frederick Price was born at Camberwell, Victoria on 26 June 1901.

He married Emslee Margaret Gladys Murdoch in 1921.

Football

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Originally playing with Carlton reserves, Price transferred to Hawthorn during the 1925 VFL season,[2] making 10 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

He subsequently played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for four seasons.

Military service

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Price enlisted and served in the second AIF in the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (as did Max Wheeler).

Death

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He was killed in action in Syria on 27 June 1941.[3] He has no known grave, and is commemorated at the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.[4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014).
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 May 1925. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour:John Frederick Price". Australian War Memorial.
  4. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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