Gordon Jones (Australian footballer)

Gordon Jones
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Lindsay Jones
Date of birth	(1913-11-02)2 November 1913
Place of birth	Bealiba, Victoria
Date of death	3 December 1999(1999-12-03) (aged 86)
Original team(s)	Maryborough
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Follower
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935–1940	Melbourne	61 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon Lindsay Jones (2 November 1913 – 3 December 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He was the cousin of Melbourne footballers Colin Niven and Ray Niven.

A Maryborough recruit, he had a strong year in 1938 when he gathered 12 Brownlow Medal votes to finish as the best placed Melbourne player and equal ninth overall.

Jones debuted in League football with a solid performance as a ruckman in the opening round of the 1935 VFL season when Melbourne lost to Essendon 15.9 (99) to 24.15 (159).

He was primarily a follower during his career but also played at centre half back, the position in which he was a member of Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams.

Jones won the Donald Gift in 1935.

References

• Australian Military Forces: Attestation Form for Persons Voluntarily Enlisted in the Militia Forces: G. L. Jones (213348): Date of Birth "2nd. November 1913".
• Second World War Nominal Roll: Captain Gordon Lindsay Jones (VX39821). Archived 30 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Honor Roll: Gordon Jones: Melbourne Half-Back is Champion this Week, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 8 June 1938), p. 8.

External links

• Gordon Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Demonwiki profile