Dick Jones (Australian footballer)
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1926–2013)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Dick Jones
| image =
| fullname = Richard Henry Jones[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=758811 WW2 Nominal Roll: Richard Henry Jones]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|6|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Goomalling, Western Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|1|16|1926|6|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Myrtle Bank, South Australia
| originalteam = East Fremantle
| height = 173 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| position = Rover
| statsend = 1958
| years1 = 1949, 1951
| club1 = South Melbourne
| games_goals1 = 19 (28)
| coachyears1 = 1957–1958
| coachclub1 = West Torrens
| coachgames_wins1 = 37 (18–17–2)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Richard Henry Jones (5 June 1926 – 16 January 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}{{cite web |title=Dick Jones |url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/dick%2Bjones/7878 |website=Australian Football |access-date=10 May 2023}}
Biography
Jones, a rover, joined South Melbourne from East Fremantle, but hailed from rural Western Australia.
Jones kicked a goal in all but one of his 17 games and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 27 majors.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dick_Jones.html AFL Tables: Dick Jones] During the year he was acting vice-captain.
In 1950 he returned to Western Australia and captain-coached Boulder City to a Goldfields National Football League premiership.
Jones resumed his VFL career in 1951 but only appeared in the opening two rounds of the season.
The next stage of his career was spent in South Australia, starting at Glenelg in 1952. He stopped playing football at the end of the year and concentrated on his police career, before returning briefly in 1956.
In 1957 he was appointed captain-coach of West Torrens and guided them to a fourth-place finish that year. He retired as a player in 1958 but stayed on as coach and was then involved in controversy when he chose to delist aging club great Bob Hank.[http://journal.pasa.asn.au/apps/uploadedFiles/news/480/The_Year_Of_Controversy.pdf Police Journal Online - August 2008 Edition (PDF)]
Jones was a television and radio commentator in the SANFL during the 1970s and 1980s.
Jones died in Myrtle Bank, South Australia on 16 January 2013, at the age of 86.{{cite news |title=Jones, Richard Henry (Dick) |url=https://ryersonindex.org/search.php |access-date=14 February 2024 |publisher=Adelaide Advertiser |date=25 January 2013}}
References
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Category:East Fremantle Football Club players
Category:Boulder City Football Club players
Category:Glenelg Football Club players
Category:West Torrens Football Club players
Category:West Torrens Football Club coaches