Tommy Jackson (Australian footballer)

Thomas Joseph Jackson (29 July 1885 – 24 December 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Tommy Jackson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joseph Jackson
Date of birth (1885-07-29)29 July 1885
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 24 December 1966(1966-12-24) (aged 81)
Place of death Elsternwick, Victoria
Original team(s) Port Rovers
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–07 St Kilda 11 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The eldest son of leather bag maker Thomas Charles Jackson[2] and Martha Anne Cheetham (1861–1933),[3] Thomas Joseph Jackson was born in Melbourne on 29 July 1885. He was the older brother of Jim Jackson who played for St Kilda, Collinwood and Hawthorn.

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. 432. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "THE DREAMLANDERS". Punch. Vol. CVII, no. 2721. Victoria, Australia. 19 September 1907. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 24, 528. Victoria, Australia. 22 November 1933. p. 1.
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