Jack Gaffney

John Bernard "Jack" Gaffney OAM[2] (21 August 1929 – 1 August 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Jack Gaffney
Personal information
Full name	John Bernard Gaffney
Date of birth	(1929-08-21)21 August 1929
Date of death	1 August 2018(2018-08-01) (aged 88)
Original team(s)	Broken Hill YCW / South Broken Hill[1]
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Halfback
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1949–53	Fitzroy	80 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Broken Hill, Gaffney played for and coached Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) after retiring from the VFL.[4] He later became a lawyer, and was the Supreme Court of Victoria Registrar of Criminal Appeals, a Master; and Registrar of the Court of Appeal. He also served on the VFL Tribunal.[5][6]

Notes

1. "FOOTBALL NOTES". Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW : 1908; 1941 - 1954). Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
2. "Australian Honours Search Facility". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
4. "Gaffney to be Prahran coach". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1954. p. 31. Retrieved 20 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Victorian Bar Association. "John Bernard Gaffney's Obituary". The Age. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
6. "Football's surprising source - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

External links

• Jack Gaffney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Gaffney at AustralianFootball.com