Dick Jones

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).

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. 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.

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.