Joe Malone (footballer)

Joseph Vincent Malone (4 February 1924 – 24 March 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Joe Malone
Personal information
Full name Joseph Vincent Malone
Date of birth (1924-02-04)4 February 1924
Place of birth Laanecoorie, Victoria
Date of death 24 March 2018(2018-03-24) (aged 94)[1]
Original team(s) Laanecoorie
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–47 North Melbourne 10 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Prior to playing for North Melbourne, Malone enlisted in the Australian Army and served in New Guinea during World War II.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Herald Sun Tributes". tributes.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 546. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: Joseph Malone". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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