Jack Giles
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jack Giles
| image =
| fullname = Leonard George Giles
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|06|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yorketown, South Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|08|23|1921|06|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Glandore, South Australia
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1951
| years1 = 1941–1942, 1946–1951
| club1 = Sturt
| games_goals1 = 95 (30)
| years2 = 1943
| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}
| games_goals2 = {{0}}1 {{0}}(0)
| careerhighlights = * Sturt captain 1949
}}
{{Infobox cricketer |
batting = Right-handed|
bowling = |
role = Batsman|
club1 = South Australia|
year1 = 1950/51-1951/52|
columns = 1|
column1 = First-class|
matches1 = 5|
runs1 = 164|
bat avg1 = 20.50|
100s/50s1 = 0/1|
top score1 = 54|
hidedeliveries = true|
catches/stumpings1 = 4/0|
source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5489.html CricInfo
}}
Leonard George "Jack"{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55925732 |title=Sturt Pick Men To Train|newspaper=The Mail |location=Adelaide |date=16 April 1949 |accessdate=29 January 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} Giles (17 June 1921 – 23 August 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL),{{cite book|last1=Lysikatos|first1=John|title=We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944|date=2015|publisher=Newstyle Printing|location=Mile End, South Australia|isbn=978-0-9943026-0-1|page=206|edition=First}} and cricketer, who represented South Australia. He was appointed captain of Sturt in 1949.
In 1942 he enlisted in the Australian Defence Force, joining the 112th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment,{{cite web |title=World War 2 Nominal Roll |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=686475&c=WW2#R |url-status= |publisher=National Archives of Australia}} and in 1943 he played one game for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.
== References ==
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== External links ==
- {{AFL Tables|ref=J/Jack_Giles.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=giles/7054}}
- {{cricinfo|id=5489}}
{{Sturt Football Club captains}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giles, Jack}}
Category:Sturt Football Club players
Category:Richmond Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Category:Cricketers from South Australia
Category:South Australia cricketers
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II
Category:Australian Army soldiers
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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