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Jack McGarity

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Jack McGarity
Personal information
Full name Jack Melville Francis McGarity
Date of birth (1897-01-16)16 January 1897
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 16 March 1974(1974-03-16) (aged 77)
Place of death Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1918 Essendon 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Melville Francis McGarity (16 January 1897 – 16 March 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

McGarity was born Jack Melville Francis to the unmarried Ellen Francis in Carlton Women's Hospital in 1897. In 1898 Ellen married William McGarity, and Jack assumed the surname of his stepfather.

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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