Audley Gillespie-Jones
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Audley Sinclair Gillespie-Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Swan Hill, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 May 2000 (aged 85) | ||
| Original team(s) | Old Melburnians | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935 | Melbourne | 2 (0) | |
| 1937–1942, 1945–1946 | Fitzroy | 49 (5) | |
| Total | 51 (5) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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6 votes in 1939 Brownlow Medal[1] | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Audley Sinclair Gillespie-Jones (1 July 1914 – 7 May 2000)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
He practised as a barrister at the Victorian Bar. He also worked as a football writer for The Argus.
He wrote a series of books of legal anecdotes:
- The Lawyer Who Laughed
- The Lawyer Who Laughed Again
- The Lawyer Who Laughed Longer.
Notes
[edit]- ^ https://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1939.html
- ^ "Audley Gillespie-Jones - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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