Jack Reginald Sambell (20 May 1908 – 22 August 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jack Reginald Sambell | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Violet Town, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 22 August 1982 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Euroa, Glen Iris, Yallourn | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1933–34 | Melbourne | 24 (6) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The second son of Edgar Shadforth Tremayne Sambell (1880-1950),[3] and Barbara Katherine Sambell (1879-1963), née McPhee,[4] Jack Reginald Sambell was born at Violet Town, Victoria, on 20 May 1908.
He married Vera May Howard (1907-1941) in 1935; she died giving birth to a stillborn child on 22 January 1941.[5][6]
He married Mary Irene Healy (1905-2000) in 1942.
Football edit
Transferred from Glen Iris, in the Eastern Suburbs League, in May 1932,[7] he played in Yallourn's 1932 Gippsland Football League premiership,[8] and won their club best and fairest award,[9] before he was transferred to Melbourne by the Education Department in early 1933.[10][11][12]
Death edit
He died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 22 August 1982.[13]
Notes edit
- ^ "Jack Sambell - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 737. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ Deaths: Sambell, The Herald, (Friday, 23 June 1950), p.8.
- ^ Deaths: Sambell, The Age, (Tuesday, 4 June 1963), p.14.
- ^ Deaths: Sambell, The Age, (Thursday, 23 January 1941), p.1.
- ^ In Memoriam: Sambell, The Argus, (Thursday, 22 January 1942), p.2.
- ^ Eastern Suburbs League, The Age, (Thursday, 12 May 1932), p.3.
- ^ "1932 - The Game". Trove. Gippsland Times (Vic). 19 September 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "1932 - Yallourn football trophies". Trove. Weekly Times. 5 November 1932. p. 62. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Yallourn News: News and Notes, Morwell Advertiser and Gazette, (Thursday, 16 February 1933), p.12.
- ^ "1933 - Yallourn losing Sambell". Trove. Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 25 February 1933. p. 58. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ As of 1 January 1934 he was transferred to teach at Camberwell Central School No 888: Teachers' Transfers: To Class V (Males), The Argus, (Thursday, 16 November 1933), p.11.
- ^ Deaths: Sambell, The Age, (Monday, 23 August 1982), p.18.
References edit
- Technical Schools: Examination Results: Trained Secondary Teachers' Certificate: Melbourne Teachers' College, The Argus, (Tuesday, 17 January 1928), p.11.
- Football Appeal: Alleged Ineligibility: Euroa Club Protest Dismissed by Council: Match Awarded to Longwood, The Shepparton Advertiser, (Monday, 13 October 1930), p.3.
- League Permits: Many Players Transfer, The Age, (Thursday, 9 April 1936), p.14.
- World War Two: Service Record (Militia): Jack Reginald Sambell (214673), National Archives of Australia.
External links edit
- Jack Sambell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Sambell at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Sambell's profile at Demonwiki.
- Jack Sambell, at The VFA Project.
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