John Jillard (28 March 1941 – 28 December 1998) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Footscray Football Club
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Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the o ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) and
Latrobe Football Club
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in the
North West Football Union
The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football As ...
(NWFU). He was a half back flanker and won the
Charles Sutton Medal for Footscray's Best and Fairest in 1967. In the same year he finished 10th in the Brownlow Medal count, having placed 8th two years earlier.
In 2002 he was named in Footscray's official 'Team of the Century' and inducted into the club hall of fame in 2014.
He also played for Latrobe and Ainslie.
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1941 births
1998 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Western Bulldogs players
Charles Sutton Medal winners
Latrobe Football Club players
Ainslie Football Club players
Ainslie Football Club coaches
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