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Jack Sanders (Australian footballer)

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Jack Sanders
Personal information
Full name William James Sanders
Date of birth (1904-08-08)8 August 1904
Place of birth Warrenheip, Victoria
Date of death 24 August 1990(1990-08-24) (aged 86)
Place of death Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Position(s) Half-back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 North Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Sanders (8 August 1904 – 24 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The youngest child born to Michael Patrick Sanders (1872–1921) and Margaret Sanders, nee Walsh (1869–1929), William James Sanders was born at Warrenheip on 8 August 1904. He was known as Jack Sanders during his football career.

Football

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Sanders joined North Melbourne from the local C.Y.M.S. team for the 1926 season[2] and played a single senior game against South Melbourne in Round 16 of that season.[3]

Death

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Sanders died at Ferntree Gully on 24 August 1990 and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 784. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 22164. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1926. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Club Notes". The Argus. No. 24, 976. Victoria, Australia. 27 August 1926. p. 5.
  4. ^ "William James Sanders". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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