Jack Purse
| Jack Purse | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jack L. Purse | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1879 | ||
| Date of death | 2 March 1953 (aged 73) | ||
| Original team(s) | Brighton | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1898 | St Kilda | 1 (0) | |
| 1900–1908 | Melbourne | 109 (12) | |
| Total | 110 (12) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901, 1904 | Victoria | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack Purse (28 June 1879 – 2 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Brighton in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association, Purse made his VFL debut for St Kilda against Geelong in round 17 of the 1898 VFL season, at Corio Oval. He transferred to Melbourne in 1900 and in his first season became a premiership player, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final at centre half-back. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 77, based on the order of his debut for the club.[1] His younger brother Hugh Purse also played for Melbourne.[2]
References
- ↑ "Heritage Numbers – 0–500". Melbourne Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 699. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.
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