Noel Jarvis

Noel Jarvis
Personal information
Date of birth 12 December 1924
Date of death 14 February 1975(1975-02-14) (aged 50)
Place of death Clifton Hill, Victoria
Original team(s) East Brunswick
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944–1952 Fitzroy 159 (31)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Noel Jarvis (12 December 1924 – 14 February 1975)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jarvis played as a wingman and won premierships in both the Seniors and Reserves with Fitzroy in his debut season, 1944.[2] He represented the VFL at the 1947 Hobart Carnival and in 1952.

Jarvis was appointed as captain-coach of Rochester in the Bendigo Football League in 1953.[3]

In 1975, Jarvis was found dead in a Clifton Hill street. He had fallen to his death while intoxicated.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Noel Jarvis - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ Marc Fiddian (2003), The Best of Football Trivia, Hastings, VIC: Galaxy Print and Design, p. 88
  3. ^ "1953 - Fitzroy clear Jarvis to Fitzroy". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 3 March 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Former Lion a "semi-alcoholic"". The Age. 15 July 1975. p. 11. Retrieved 24 October 2023.