Fred Jones
Hawthorn
AFL career
13 games26 goals
- Debut
- R11 1941 v STK12 July 1941
- Most recent
- R11 1942 v RCH18 July 1942
Stats
Bio
Hailing from Traralgon where he had finished runner-up in the Gippsland League's 1940 best and fairest award, Fred Jones arrived at Glenferrie Oval as a physically imposing key forward. Standing 189cm and weighing over 90kg, he provided a robust target in attack for Hawthorn during the tumultuous wartime seasons of 1941 and 1942. Jones made an immediate impact on the scoreboard, booting 26 goals in just 13 senior appearances—a remarkably efficient strike rate of two goals per game given the Mayblooms were languishing at the bottom of the ladder. Despite his ability to find the goals in a struggling side, his VFL career was brief, concluding after the 1942 season.
Profile
- Born
- 22 Apr 1918
- Died
- 27 Apr 1977 (aged 59y 5d)
- Birthplace
- Traralgon, VIC
- Deathplace
- Leongatha South, VIC
- Height
- 189 cm
- Weight
- 92 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionHailing from Traralgon where he had finished runner-up in the Gippsland League's 1940 best and fairest award, Fred Jones arrived at Glenferrie Oval as a physically imposing key forward. Standing 189cm and weighing over 90kg, he provided a robust target in attack for Hawthorn during the tumultuous wartime seasons of 1941 and 1942. Jones made an immediate impact on the scoreboard, booting 26 goals in just 13 senior appearances—a remarkably efficient strike rate of two goals per game given the Mayblooms were languishing at the bottom of the ladder. Despite his ability to find the goals in a struggling side, his VFL career was brief, concluding after the 1942 season.