Jack Purse

Jack Purse
Personal information
Full name	Jack L. Purse
Date of birth	28 June 1879
Date of death	2 March 1953 (aged 73)
Original team(s)	Brighton
Height/Weight	179 cm
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898 1900–1908 Total	St Kilda Melbourne	1 (0) 109 (12) 110 (12)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1901, 1904	Victoria
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908 season.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership player 1900

Jack Purse (28 June 1879 – 2 March 1953) was an Australian rules football player at the St Kilda Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Brighton in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association, Purse made his VFL debut for St Kilda against Geelong in round 17 of the 1898 VFL season, at Corio Oval. He transferred to Melbourne in 1900 and in his first season became a premiership player, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final at centre half-back. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 77, based on the order of his debut for the club.^[1] His younger brother Hugh Purse also played for Melbourne.^[2]

References

1. "Heritage Numbers – 0–500". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 699. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.

External links

• Jack Purse's statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Purse's profile from AustralianFootball.com