Johnny Lewis (footballer)

Johnny Lewis
Personal information
Full name	Johnny Francis Lewis
Date of birth	(1901-09-13)13 September 1901
Date of death	3 July 1973(1973-07-03) (aged 71)
Original team(s)	North Melbourne (VFA)[1]
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1935	North Melbourne	150 (142)
1936–1938	Melbourne	046 0(18)
Total		196 (160)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	10 (7)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1930	North Melbourne	18 (1–17–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Career highlights
North Melbourne captain 1930–1931 North Melbourne leading goalkicker 1931, 1935 North Melbourne best and fairest 1935
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Johnny Francis Lewis (13 September 1901 – 3 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League, playing for both North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs.

Lewis, 191 cm and 99 kg, was a tough, hard ruckman who could carry the rucking load for the team during tough periods.

In 1996 Lewis was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

References

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• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 90. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
• AFL Hall of Fame