Jack Sales

Jack Merton Sales (30 March 1925 – 29 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

World War II Sales enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after turning 18 and served until the end of World War II.

Football After demobilization, Sales joined Sandringham for the 1946 VFA season, and played on a wing in their premiership winning side that year. In 1947, Sales again appeared in a VFA Grand Final, this time on a losing side as Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne.

In 1948 Sandringham refused him a clearance to Collingwood, but he received a permit from the VFL and transferred to Collingwood. He played a total of 31 games over his two seasons with Collingwood before moving to a playing-coach role with Hamilton Imperials.

Death Sales died at Frankston on 29 September 2007 and was cremated at Bunurong Memorial Park.