Jack Hayes (footballer, born 1907)

Jack Hayes
Personal information
Full name	John Hayes
Date of birth	(1907-03-15)15 March 1907
Place of birth	Newtown, New South Wales
Date of death	13 April 1971(1971-04-13) (aged 64)
Place of death	Concord, New South Wales
Original team(s)	South Sydney
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1931	Footscray	13 (7)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Hayes (15 March 1907 – 13 April 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Hayes, and Ellen Hayes, née Morrissey, John Hayes was born at Newtown, New South Wales on 15 March 1907.

Football

South Sydney AFC

He played with the South Sydney Australian Football Club for six seasons (1925–1930).[2]

Footscray (VFL)

Cleared from South Sydney in March 1931,[3][4][5] he played in 13 matches for the Footscray First XVIII in 1931.

St George AFC

Cleared from Footscray on 20 April 1932,[6] he returned to Sydney and played with the St George Australian Football Club for four seasons (1932–1935).

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF on 10 December 1941.

Death

He died at the Concord Repatriation General Hospital on 13 April 1971,.[7]

See also

• 1927 Melbourne Carnival
• 1930 Adelaide Carnival

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.379.
2. Four Prominent New South Wales Players: Native Born, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 20 August 1927), p.6.
3. Interstate Clearances, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Wednesday, 1 April 1931), p.23.
4. 'High Mark', "Other Transfers", The Herald, (Wednesday, 8 April 1931), p.6.
5. Sharland, W.S., "Newcomers to Footscray: Three N.S.W. Men Already in Their Stride", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 30 May 1931), p.6.
6. League Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 21 April 1932), p.3.
7. Deaths: Hayes, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Thursday, 15 April 1971), p.30.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private John Hayes (NX77818), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX77818: World War Two Service Record: Private John Hayes (NX77818), National Archives of Australia.
• Jack Hayes, NSW Australian Football History Society.

External links

• Jack Hayes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Hayes at AustralianFootball.com