Dennis Jones (13 November 1936 – 19 December 1999)
was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Melbourne in the
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
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
and was a member of Melbourne's
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. Jones remained in that role for four seasons before moving to the
Western Australian Football League (WAFL) to coach
West Perth, and getting them to a Grand Final. In
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Jones rejoined Melbourne, where he had been appointed coach, but he could not prevent the team from finishing with the
wooden spoon.
References
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
*
Demonwiki profile
1936 births
1999 deaths
Melbourne Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club coaches
Central District Football Club coaches
West Perth Football Club coaches
Prahran Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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