Carlyle Thornton Jones (3 April 1904 – 2 June 1951, referred to as Tom Jones in some sources) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Carlyle Thornton Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 2 June 1951 (aged 47) | ||
| Place of death | Hamilton, Victoria | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–26, 1929 | Melbourne | 11 (14) | |
| 1931 | St Kilda | 1 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Death
editHe died on 2 June 1951 in Hamilton, Victoria,[2] and he was buried at Box Hill Cemetery.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.456.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 29, 986. Victoria, Australia. 7 June 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "Carlyle Thornton Jones". Find a Grave.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Best on Field, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 11 July 1934), p.9.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal Carlyle Thornton Jones (V367337), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- B884, V367337: World War Two Service Record: Lance Corporal Carlyle Thornton Jones (V367337), National Archives of Australia.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlyle Jones.
- Carlyle Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Carlyle Jones at AustralianFootball.com
- "Tom Jones b1904", at Boyles Football Photos.
- Profile at Demonwiki.
- "Trevor Jones" at the VFA Project.
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