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Dennis Jones (Australian Footballer)
Dennis Jones (13 November 1936 – 19 December 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). He then moved to South Australia where he coached Central Districts to the finals for the first time. Jones, a half-back, made his senior VFL debut in 1956 VFL season, 1956 and was a member of Melbourne's 1959 VFL Grand Final, 1959 premiership side. He retired from the VFL aged 25, and in 1968 became the senior coach of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Central District Football Club, Central District. Jones remained in that role for four seasons before moving to the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) to coach West Perth Football Club, West Perth, and getting them to a Grand Final. In 1978 VFL season, 1978 Jones rejoined Melbourne, where he had been appointed coach, but he could not prevent the team from finishing with the Wooden s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Melbourne is the world's oldest football clubs, oldest professional club of any football code. Its origins can be traced to an 1858 letter in which Tom Wills, captain of the Victoria cricket team, calls for the formation of a "foot-ball club" with its own "code of laws". An informal Melbourne team played that winter and officially formed in May 1859, when Wills and three other members codified "Laws of Australian rules football#Melbourne Rules of 1859, The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club"—the basis of Australian rules football. The club was a dominant force in the early years of the game and a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
