Jack Gaffney

Jack Gaffney
Jack Gaffney
Personal information
Full name	John Bernard Gaffney
Date of birth	21 August 1929
Date of death	1 August 2018 (aged 88)
Original team(s)	Broken Hill YCW /; South Broken Hill
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Halfback
Playing career1
Years	Club
1949–53	Fitzroy
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Bernard "Jack" Gaffney OAM^[2] (21 August 1929 – 1 August 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[3]

Originally from Broken Hill, Gaffney played for and coached Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) after retiring from the VFL.^[4] He later became a lawyer, and was the Supreme Court of Victoria Registrar of Criminal Appeals, a Master; and Registrar of the Court of Appeal. He also served on the VFL Tribunal.^[5]^[6]

Notes[edit]

^ "FOOTBALL NOTES". Barrier Daily Truth. Broken Hill, NSW. 5 August 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Australian Honours Search Facility". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Gaffney to be Prahran coach". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 October 1954. p. 31. Retrieved 20 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Victorian Bar Association. "John Bernard Gaffney's Obituary". The Age. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "Football's surprising source". afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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