Jack Lyons (footballer, born 1919)

John Gerard Lyons (5 December 1919 – 21 March 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.[1]

Jack Lyons
Personal information
Full name John Gerard Lyons
Date of birth (1919-12-05)5 December 1919
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 21 March 1955(1955-03-21) (aged 35)
Place of death Craigieburn, Victoria
Original team(s) Essendon CYMS
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945–46 Essendon 32 (3)
1947–48 North Melbourne 24 (0)
Total 56 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Recruited locally from Essendon CYMS, Lyons played 17 of a possible 20 games in 1945, his debut season.[2] A hard running back pocket, he polled well in Essendon's "Best and Fairest" count that season to finish runner-up to Wally Buttsworth.[3] Despite being a regular member of the team for most of the 1946 VFL season, Lyons wasn't selected in the finals series and crossed over to North Melbourne at the end of the year.

Lyons missed just two games in his first year with North Melbourne and polled nine votes in the Brownlow Medal count, finishing as his club's second best vote getter.

He was killed in a car accident, aged 35, in 1955.[4]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. "Jack Lyons". AFL Tables.
  3. "Essendon Football Club - Team Players - Jack Lyons". Essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  4. "'Death corner' safe at 40, but". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 22 March 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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