About Jack Dalton
Lived 1876 – 1923 (aged 46). Jack Dalton was an australian rules football player.
John George Dalton (15 April 1876 – 8 March 1923), better known as Jack Dalton, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of John James Dalton (1849–1890), and Margaret Dalton (1857–1902), née Manning, John George Dalton was born at Prahran, Victoria on 15 April 1876.
He married Clare Margaret O'Neill (1883–1940) in 1912. They had two children.
Football Making his senior debut in 1896, the year before the inaugural VFL season, Dalton was a half back flanker in Fitzroy's 1898 VFL premiership team. He missed out on Fitzroy's premiership the following season due to injury.
Death He died at Sandringham, Victoria on 8 March 1923.
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Who was Jack Dalton?
football player (1876-1923)
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Jack Dalton was born on 15 April 1876 in Prahran.
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Jack Dalton died on 8 March 1923 in Sandringham.
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Jack Dalton was an australian rules football player.
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· DBpedia: Jack Dalton (footballer, born 1876)
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