Jack Gardiner
| Jack Gardiner | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Carlton Gardiner | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 April 1967 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | St Juke's | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901–1902 | Carlton | 16 (5) | |
| 1903–1908 | Melbourne | 70 (54) | |
| 1909–1923 | Cananore (TFL) | ||
| 1924–1925 | North Hobart (TFL) | ||
| Total | 86 (59) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
John Carlton Gardiner (8 May 1881 – 3 April 1967)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He then became a successful coach in the Tasmanian Football League.
Family[edit]
The son of John Gardiner, and Anna Gardiner, née Sidley, John Carlton Gardiner was born on 8 May 1881.[2] Jack Gardiner was the third of four children in the family, with two older sisters and a younger brother, Vin Gardiner.
He married Florence Bucirde (1883–1946), in Hobart, on 20 November 1911.[3][4][5]
Jack Gardiner died in Hobart in 1967, and is buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.[6]
Football[edit]
Gardiner came from a football playing family with his father, John, a Carlton player during the 1870s. Vin Gardiner, his younger brother, also played at both Melbourne and Carlton.
His VFL career, spent mostly as a rover, began with two seasons at his father's club before switching to Melbourne in 1903. He kicked 24 goals in 1904 and was a regular in the Melbourne side until 1907.
The rover spent the 1908 season in Tasmania, as an umpire and coach of the TFL representative team. He returned to the mainland to coach Tasmania at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival and stopped umpiring after that year.
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He resumed his playing career in 1909 when he joined Cananore as captain. His tenure included four TFL premierships, including three in a row from 1909 to 1911. Gardiner also captained the state at the 1911 Adelaide Carnival. Appointed Cananore captain-coach following the war, he steered them to more premierships in 1921 and 1922. His final port of call was North Hobart, with which he spent the 1924 and 1925 seasons at before retiring.
In 2005, Gardiner was one of the inaugural inductees into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.
His son, Jack Jr, also played football and represented Tasmania as the state wicket-keeper in cricket.
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Jack Gardiner - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Births: Gardiner, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 May 1881), p.1.
- ^ Births: Bucirde, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 September 1883), p.1.
- ^ Marriages: Gardiner—Bucirde, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Wednesday, 20 December 1911), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Gardiner, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 30 December 1911), p.1.
- ^ Billion Graves - John Carlton Gardiner
References[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Jack Gardiner: His Splendid Football Career: A Brief Sketch, The Mercury, (Friday, 24 August 1923), p.10.
External links[edit]
- Jack Gardiner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Gardiner at AustralianFootball.com
- Blueseum: Jack Gardiner
- Jack Gardiner at Demonwiki.
- 1881 births
- 1967 deaths
- Carlton Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Cananore Football Club players
- North Hobart Football Club players
- North Hobart Football Club coaches
- Australian rules football umpires
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Burials in Tasmania
- People from Carlton, Victoria