Jack Purse
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jack Purse
| image = Jack Purse 1903.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = John Landles Purse
| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|06|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hawthorn, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|3|2|1879|6|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Boyup Brook, Western Australia
| originalteam = Brighton
| height = 179 cm
| weight =
| position = Defender
| statsend = 1908
| years1 = 1898
| club1 = {{AFL StK}}
| games_goals1 = {{0|00}}1 {{0}}(0)
| years2 = 1900–1908
| club2 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals2 = 109 (12)
| games_goalstotal = 110 (12)
| sooteam1 = Victoria
| sooyears1 = 1901, 1904
| careerhighlights = * VFL premiership player: 1900
}}
John Landles Purse (28 June 1879 – 2 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{Ref AFL Encyc|9th|699}}
Family
The son of John Purse (1838–1893),[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8542260 Deaths: Purse, The Argus, (Tuesday, 25 April 1893), p.1.] and Alison Purse (1845–1927), née Landles,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138084436 Marriages: Purse—Landles, The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 July 1871), p.27]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3855538 Deaths: Purse, The Argus, (Friday, 20 May 1927), p.1.] John Landles Purse was born in Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 June 1879.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5949971 Births: Purse, The Argus, (Wednesday, 9 July 1879), p.1.]
He married Victoria May McKay (1878–1972) on 25 April 1904.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138769075 Marriages: Purse—McKay, The Australasian, (Saturday, 28 May 1904), p.57.] One of their sons, Neil Landles Purse (1911–1942), was killed in action serving with the Second AIF on 26 October 1942.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165113307 Births: Purse, The Prahran Telegraph, (Friday, 22 December 1911), p.1.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47356015 Deaths on Service: Purse, The West Australian, (Thursday, 26 November 1942), p.1]; [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1699425 Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: Private Neil Landles Purse (WX9891).]
Football
Recruited from Brighton in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association, Purse made his VFL debut for St Kilda against {{AFL Gee}} 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.{{cite web|title=Heritage Numbers – 0–500 |url=http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/17244/default.aspx |work=Melbourne Football Club |accessdate=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815134334/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/17244/default.aspx |archivedate=15 August 2012 }}
His younger brother Hugh Purse also played for Melbourne.
Death
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables|J/Jack_Purse}}
- {{AustralianFootball|jack+purse/1249}}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Jack+Purse Jack Purse, demonwiki.org.]
- [http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Jack+Purse Jack Purse: Boyles Football Photos.]
{{1900 Melbourne premiership players}}
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Category:St Kilda Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Brighton Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Melbourne Football Club premiership players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:People from Hawthorn, Victoria
Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen
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