John Matheson Molesworth (16 February 1878 – 27 August 1942) 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 St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). John Matheson Molesworth, one of three sons of Flora Macdonald ( Matheson) and Robert Arthur Molesworth, was born on 16 February 1878; his paternal grandfather was judge

Robert Molesworth Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth PC (Ire) (7 September 1656 – 22 May 1725) was an Anglo-Irish politician and writer. Molesworth came from an old Northamptonshire family. He married Hon. Letitia Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st ...

and his brother was Bob Molesworth, also a footballer.

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* * 1878 births 1942 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club (VFA) players St Kilda Football Club players Molesworth family {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub