Jack Davis (16 July 1908 – 11 August 1991) 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
VFL during the 1930s.
A key position defender, Davis finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including third placing in 1933 and equal fifth in 1935.
He was a regular
Victorian interstate representative and won St Kilda's
best and fairest
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award in the 1934, 1935 and 1937 seasons.
In 1939 he went to
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
in the
Victorian Football Association
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 ...
as playing coach,
and in 1940, his final season, he won the
Recorder Cup and V. F. A. Medal as best and fairest in the Association.
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Trevor Barker Award winners
1908 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
St Kilda Football Club players
Brighton Football Club players
Brighton Football Club coaches
1991 deaths
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