John Francis Lewis (13 September 1901 – 3 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League, playing for both North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs.
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Francis Lewis | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | West Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 July 1973 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Kew, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | North Melbourne (VFA)[1] | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921–1924 | North Melbourne (VFA) | 36 (26) | |
| 1925–1935 | North Melbourne | 150 (142) | |
| 1936–1938 | Melbourne | 46 (18) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 10 (7) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1930 | North Melbourne | 18 (1–17–0) | |
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| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lewis, 191 cm and 99 kg, was a tough, hard ruckman who could carry the rucking load for the team during tough periods.
In 1926, Lewis applied for a clearance to coach the Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League, but his clearance was refused by North Melbourne.[2]
In 1996 Lewis was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
His brother, John Joseph "Bill" Lewis (1909–1949), played VFL football for North Melbourne. Lewis's great-grandson Daniel Venables played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "1926 - Rutherglen FC - Coach". The Albury Banner. 26 March 1926. p. 44. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ Beveridge, Riley (19 November 2016). "Daniel Venables on how a broken leg in 2015 steeled his resolve ahead of this year's national draft". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
References
edit- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 90. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
External links
edit- Johnny Lewis at The VFA Project.
- AFL Hall of Fame
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