Jack Connelly

Jack Connelly
Personal information
Full name	Jack H. Connelly
Date of birth	4 August 1918
Date of death	10 August 2006(2006-08-10) (aged 88)
Original team(s)	Preston
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1942–1944	St Kilda	28 (40)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack H. Connelly (4 August 1918 – 10 August 2006)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Connelly, a forward, was St Kilda's leading goal-kicker in the 1943 VFL season, with 27 goals, despite not playing past round 11.^[2][3] He returned to his original club, Preston, in 1945.^[4]

References

1. "Jack Connelly - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
3. "AFL Tables: Jack Connelly". afltables.com.
4. The Argus,"League Players May Transfer", 17 March 1945, p. 8