Joe Oakley

Joe Oakley
Personal information
Full name Joseph Cornelius Oakley
Date of birth (1914-01-28)28 January 1914
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 8 December 1980(1980-12-08) (aged 66)
Place of death Footscray, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934 Essendon 2 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Cornelius Oakley (28 January 1914 – 8 December 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Joseph Thomas Oakley (1890–1959),[2] and Theresa Veronica Oakley (1894–1988), née Yee Kee,[3] Joseph Cornelius Oakley was born at Carlton, Victoria on 28 January 1914.

He married Florence Eugenia Dillon (1916–2008) in 1942.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Recruited from Sunbury, he played 2 games, and kicked 2 goals, for the Essendon First XVIII in 1934.[4][5][6]

Military service

Oakley later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.675.
  2. ^ Deaths: Oakley, The Age, (Wednesday, 7 January 1959), p.17.
  3. ^ "Joseph Oakley" and "Tessie Oakley" were married on 10 June 1911; "Joseph Oakley" was granted a divorce from "Tessie Oakley" on the grounds of her desertion in 1935. "Tessie" married her second husband, Thomas Patrick Brady (1888–1961), at Elwood, on 7 April 1938.
  4. ^ Essendon Players Ready for Their Game, The Herald, (Monday, 4 June 1934), p.32.
  5. ^ Richmond's Fine Recovery; Essendon's Gallant Fight, The Age, (Tuesday, 5 June 1934), p.4.
  6. ^ Maplestone (1996), pp.405, 475.
  7. ^ Nominal Roll.

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.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • "World War II Nominal Roll: Craftsman Joseph Cornilius (sic) Oakley (VX144515)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • A14472, VX144515: World War Two Service Record: Craftsman Joseph Cornelius Oakley (VX144515), National Archives of Australia.


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