Bob Jones (Australian footballer)

Bob Jones
Personal information
Full name	Bob Jones
Date of birth	(1961-10-22) 22 October 1961 (age 63)
Original team(s)	Devonport (NTFL)
Draft	No. 44, 1987 national draft
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1988–1989	St Kilda	20 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bob Jones (born 22 October 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jones, an Indigenous Australian, grew up in Darwin, but came to St Kilda from Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) club Devonport, at pick 44 of the 1987 National Draft.^[1][2]

Already 26 when he made his debut for St Kilda in the 1988 VFL season, Jones's 19 games that year were spent as a ruckman and in defence.^[3][4] Jones was also named in the Northern Territory squad for the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival.

Jones suffered a season ending knee injury (torn medial ligament) in the opening round of the 1989 VFL season, against the Brisbane Bears at Moorabbin Oval.^[5] It would be his final appearance for St Kilda.^[3]

His son Liam Jones is a current AFL player, for the Western Bulldogs and previously for Carlton.^[6]

References

1. Marngrook Radio Show, 1116 SEN, April 2012.
2. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
3. AFL Tables: Bob Jones
4. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
5. The Age,"Lockett's beefy brilliance drives Saints from the front", 3 April 1989, p. 32
6. Smith, Adam (2 January 2012). "Tassie pup steps up". The Mercury (Hobart). News Corporation. Retrieved 19 April 2024.