Australian rules footballer
Audley Gillespie-Jones | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Audley Sinclair Gillespie-Jones | ||
Date of birth | (1914-07-01)1 July 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Swan Hill, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 7 May 2000(2000-05-07) (aged 85) | ||
Original team(s) | Old Melburnians | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935 | Melbourne | 02 (0) | |
1937–1942, 1945–1946 | Fitzroy | 49 (5) | |
Total | 51 (5) | ||
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
Career highlights | |||
6 votes in 1939 Brownlow Medal | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Audley Sinclair Gillespie-Jones (1 July 1914 – 7 May 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He practised as a barrister at the Victorian Bar. He also worked as a football writer for The Argus.
He wrote a series of books of legal anecdotes:
- The Lawyer Who Laughed
- The Lawyer Who Laughed Again
- The Lawyer Who Laughed Longer.
Notes
- https://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1939.html
- "Audley Gillespie-Jones - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links
- Audley Gillespie-Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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