Percy Jones (footballer)

Percy Alan Jones (20 January 1908 – 14 March 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the Carlton footballer Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones, see Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer).
Percy Jones
Personal information
Full name Percy Alan Jones
Date of birth (1908-01-20)20 January 1908
Place of birth Wangaratta, Victoria
Date of death 14 March 1960(1960-03-14) (aged 52)
Original team(s) Hume Weir (O&MFL)
Position(s) Full Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929 Geelong 2 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jones was recruited from the Hume Weir Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League,[2] after kicking 104 goals in 1928[3]

Family

The son of Rowland Herbert Jones, and Maud Lucy Jones, née Vincent, Percy Alan Jones was born at Wangaratta, Victoria on 20 January 1908.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1929 - Benalla Football Club". Benalla Standard (Vic. : 1901 - 1931). Benalla Standard. 10 May 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. "1928 - ST. PATRICK'S AGAIN". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). Weekly Times. 18 August 1928. p. 77. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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