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Jack Conway (footballer)

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Jack Conway
Personal information
Full name John Joseph Conway
Date of birth (1867-03-26)26 March 1867
Place of birth Ashby, Victoria
Date of death 22 October 1949(1949-10-22) (aged 82)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Position(s) Key position player
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1899 Geelong 51 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Joseph Conway (26 March 1867 – 22 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

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Jack married Mary Catherine Doloughty and had five children from 1899 to 1915.

Football

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He was Geelong's first captain in the VFL, captaining the club for its first three seasons in the new competition before retiring at the end of the 1899 season.[1] He is also notable for being in the inaugural team for Geelong in the VFL, and is credited with being the first player selected for a Geelong team.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Every Player: A–C". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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