Jack Merton Sales (30 March 1925 – 29 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jack Sales
Personal information
Full name Jack Merton Sales
Date of birth (1925-03-30)30 March 1925
Place of birth Brighton North, Victoria
Date of death 29 September 2007(2007-09-29) (aged 82)
Place of death Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s) Hampton Rovers
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–47 Sandringham (VFA) 40 (4)
1948–49 Collingwood 31 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
  • 1946 VFA Premiership
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

World War II

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Sales enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after turning 18 and served until the end of World War II.[2]

Football

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After demobilization, Sales joined Sandringham for the 1946 VFA season, and played on a wing in their premiership winning side that year. In 1947, Sales again appeared in a VFA Grand Final, this time on a losing side as Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne.

In 1948 Sandringham refused him a clearance to Collingwood, but he received a permit from the VFL and transferred to Collingwood.[3] He played a total of 31 games over his two seasons with Collingwood before moving to a playing-coach role with Hamilton Imperials.[4]

Death

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Sales died at Frankston on 29 September 2007 and was cremated at Bunurong Memorial Park.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 781. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: SALES, Jack Merton". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ^ "BROKENSHIRE AND SALES RECEIVE PERMITS TO COLLINGWOOD". The Argus. No. 31, 706. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1948. p. 12.
  4. ^ "MAGPIES' SURPRISE CLEARANCE". The Herald. No. 22, 747. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1950. p. 23.
  5. ^ "Jack Merton Sales". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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