Jack Shelley
St Kilda
AFL career
2 games1 goals
- Debut
- R17 1925 v ESS12 Sept 1925
- Most recent
- R6 1926 v HAW5 June 1926
Stats
1926 | STK | 1 | 0.0 |
1925 | STK | 1 | 1.0 |
Bio
Recruited from the prestigious football program at Melbourne Grammar School, Jack Shelley was a hopeful addition to the St Kilda list during a lean period for the club in the mid-1920s. He made his senior debut in Round 7, 1925, against Carlton at Princes Park, showing immediate promise by booting a goal in his first outing. Despite that positive start, Shelley struggled to lock down a permanent role in the side, spending the remainder of the year out of the senior team. He earned a recall for one final match early in the 1926 season against South Melbourne but was unable to retain his spot. His brief VFL career concluded with just two games and a single major, typical of the many fringe players who rotated through the Junction Oval during the club's challenging inter-war years.
Profile
- Born
- 01 Aug 1905
- Died
- 03 Dec 1979 (aged 74y 124d)
- Birthplace
- St Kilda, VIC
- Deathplace
- Sydney, NSW
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the prestigious football program at Melbourne Grammar School, Jack Shelley was a hopeful addition to the St Kilda list during a lean period for the club in the mid-1920s. He made his senior debut in Round 7, 1925, against Carlton at Princes Park, showing immediate promise by booting a goal in his first outing. Despite that positive start, Shelley struggled to lock down a permanent role in the side, spending the remainder of the year out of the senior team. He earned a recall for one final match early in the 1926 season against South Melbourne but was unable to retain his spot. His brief VFL career concluded with just two games and a single major, typical of the many fringe players who rotated through the Junction Oval during the club's challenging inter-war years.