Carlisle Melrose Byron Jarvis (10 December 1906 – 6 November 1979) was an

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East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

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(WANFL). Jarvis spent twelve seasons with East Fremantle where he was a specialist defender. "Bub" Jarvis had his best year in 1934 where he was runner up in the

Sandover Medal The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and be ...

count and won a Lynn Medal. He played in seven East Fremantle premiership sides and represented the Western Australian interstate team on eight occasions. In the 1932–33 summer he played a first-class cricket match for his state, making three runs and taking two catches. He was selected, in 2007, as a half back flanker in the

Fremantle Team of Legends The Fremantle Team of Legends was selected to recognise legends of Australian rules football in Fremantle, Western Australia. Selection criteria The main selection criteria for players selected in the team was that they must have played 100 g ...

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* * 1906 births 1979 deaths East Fremantle Football Club players West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian cricketers Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Fremantle Australian rules footballers from Fremantle {{AFL-bio-1906-stub