Jack Eames (22 December 1922 – 16 January 2017) 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

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Eames was one of many present and future VFL footballers who served in

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. He enlisted in the

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in 1942 and served until he was discharged in 1946. A follower, he made himself available to VFL clubs prior to the 1946 season when he decided to move from his home in Albury, to Melbourne, for work purposes. Four clubs tried to get his signature and it was with Richmond who were successful. However, he would spend only one season at Richmond, playing 14 games.AFL Tables: Jack Eames
/ref> He accepted an offer to captain-coach

Wodonga Wodonga (Pallanganmiddang language, Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victoria (Australia), Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of ...

in 1947 and returned home to the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

.''The Argus'
"Carnival player"
15 July 1950, p. 16 His performances in the 1949 season won him a Morris Medal.

References

1922 births 2017 deaths Richmond Football Club players Wodonga Football Club players Wodonga Football Club coaches Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Australian rules footballers from Albury Military personnel from New South Wales {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub