John Samuel Wade (3 October 1907 – 11 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the

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in the

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(VFL). Playing in Port Adelaide's premiership side in 1928, he represented South Australia on four occasions before being recruited by South Melbourne in 1930 — however, he was not granted a clearance to play for South Melbourne until 1931. The collection of players recruited from interstate in 1932/1933 became known as South Melbourne's "Foreign Legion". Wade also represented Victoria at

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. He was killed in action in

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. :"In a brief and dignified ceremony before the rand Final between Norwood and Sturt on 4 October 1941 the big crowd stood in silence for a minute to honor he eightLeague players who have died on active service in the present war, The chairman of the League ( Major E. Millhouse) told spectators that … they were L.K. Rudd (Port Adelaide), D. Waite (West Torrens), D.L. Carlos (Glenelg), H.G. Brock (Port Adelaide), A. Exley (Glenelg), H.R. Farrant (North Adelaide), L. Leahy (Norwood), and J. Wade (Port Adelaide)." -- ''The Chronicle'', 9 October 1941.Norwood Wins, ''The (Adelaide) Chronicle'', (Thursday, 9 October 1941), p.17.
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*Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. * Main, J. ''In the Blood'', Bas Publishing, Melbourne. . * Main, J. & Allen, D., "Wade, Jack", pp. 349–350 in Main, J. & Allen, D., ''Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War'', Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Private John Samuel Wade (VX8242).
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Jack 1907 births 1941 deaths Australian rules footballers from South Australia Sydney Swans players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Australian military personnel killed in World War II Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Military personnel from South Australia

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