Jack Freeman (Australian rules footballer)

Jack Freeman (15 November 1891 – 15 November 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Jack Freeman
Personal information
Full name	Jack Freeman
Date of birth	(1891-11-15)15 November 1891
Place of birth	Bairnsdale, Victoria
Date of death	15 November 1916(1916-11-15) (aged 25)
Place of death	Rouen, France
Original team(s)	Rose of Northcote
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–14	South Melbourne	22 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Frederick and Margaret Freeman, née McGuiness, he was born on 15 November 1891. He died of wounds received on active service on 15 November 1916.^[1]

Football

Top goalscorer for South Melbourne in 1914.

Military

He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915.^[2][3] He was badly wounded in France; and, after having both legs amputated, he died in a military hospital on his 25th birthday.^[4][5]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service