Jack Davis (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

For other people named Jack Davis, see Jack Davis (disambiguation).

Australian rules footballer

Jack Davis

Personal information
Date of birth|  (1908-07-16)16 July 1908
Date of death|  11 August 1991(1991-08-11) (aged 83)
Original team(s)|  Trinity Grammar
Height|  189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight|  84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1930–1938|  St Kilda|  150 (31)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.

Career highlights

* 3rd in the Brownlow Medal: 1933
* 5th in the Brownlow Medal: 1935
* Best and Fairest: 1934, 1935, 1937
* 10 time Victorian representative
* Recorder Cup and V. F. A. Medal 1940

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Davis (16 July 1908 – 11 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL during the 1930s.

A key position defender, Davis finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including third placing in 1933 and equal fifth in 1935.[1][2] He was a regular Victorian interstate representative and won St Kilda's best and fairest award in the 1934, 1935 and 1937 seasons.[1] In 1939 he went to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association as playing coach,[3] and in 1940, his final season, he won the Recorder Cup and V. F. A. Medal as best and fairest in the Association.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. Melbourne: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
2. ^ "Jack Davis". AFL Tables.
3. ^ "Brighton Begins Training". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 21 February 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
4. ^ Percy Taylor (16 September 1940). "Exciting V.F.A. semi-final". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 11.

## External links

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* Jack Davis at AustralianFootball.com

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Trevor Barker Award • St Kilda Football Club best and fairest winners

* 1914: Eicke
* 1915: Eicke
* 1918: Cazaly
* 1919: Eicke
* 1920: Cameron
* 1921: Cubbins
* 1922: Carr
* 1923: Cubbins
* 1924: Watson
* 1925: Gambetta
* 1926: Mason/Matthews
* 1927: Matthews
* 1928: Cubbins
* 1929: Cubbins
* 1930: Phillips
* 1931: Neill
* 1932: Mohr
* 1933: Comte
* 1934: Davis
* 1935: Davis
* 1936: Mohr
* 1937: Davis
* 1938: Lloyd
* 1939: Fountain
* 1940: Killigrew
* 1941: Garvin
* 1942: Walker
* 1943: Walker
* 1944: Walker
* 1945: Bray
* 1946: Rosewarne
* 1947: Bray
* 1948: Hancock
* 1949: Ross
* 1950: Phillips
* 1951: Ross
* 1952: Ross
* 1953: Drinan
* 1954: Foote
* 1955: Roberts
* 1956: Drinan
* 1957: Gleeson
* 1958: Roberts
* 1959: Howell
* 1960: Oswald
* 1961: Oswald
* 1962: Baldock
* 1963: Baldock
* 1964: Stewart
* 1965: Baldock
* 1966: Stewart
* 1967: Smith
* 1968: Ditterich
* 1969: Murray
* 1970: Griffiths
* 1971: Smith
* 1972: Trott
* 1973: Neale
* 1974: Elliott
* 1975: Sarau
* 1976: Barker
* 1977: Sarau
* 1978: Gellie
* 1979: Dunne
* 1980: Dunne
* 1981: Barker
* 1982: Kiel
* 1983: Crow
* 1984: Burns
* 1985: Morwood
* 1986: Burns
* 1987: Lockett
* 1988: Frawley
* 1989: Winmar
* 1990: Loewe
* 1991: Lockett
* 1992: Harvey
* 1993: Burke
* 1994: Harvey
* 1995: Winmar
* 1996: Burke
* 1997: Harvey
* 1998: Harvey
* 1999: Burke
* 2000: Thompson
* 2001: Everitt
* 2002: Riewoldt
* 2003: Hayes
* 2004: Riewoldt
* 2005: Baker/Ball
* 2006: Riewoldt
* 2007: Riewoldt
* 2008: Fisher
* 2009: Riewoldt
* 2010: Hayes
* 2011: Fisher
* 2012: Hayes
* 2013: Steven
* 2014: Riewoldt
* 2015: Steven
* 2016: Steven
* 2017: Ross
* 2018: Steven
* 2019: Ross
* 2020: Steele
* 2021: Steele
* 2022: Sinclair
* 2023: Sinclair
* 2024: Wilkie

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