Johnny Lewis (footballer)

John Francis Lewis (13 September 1901 – 3 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League, playing for both North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs.

Johnny Lewis
Personal information
Full name John Francis Lewis
Date of birth (1901-09-13)13 September 1901
Place of birth West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 3 July 1973(1973-07-03) (aged 71)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) North Melbourne (VFA)[1]
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921–1924 North Melbourne (VFA) 036 0(26)
1925–1935 North Melbourne 150 (142)
1936–1938 Melbourne 046 0(18)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 10 (7)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1930 North Melbourne 18 (1–17–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Career highlights
  • North Melbourne captain 1930–1931
  • North Melbourne leading goalkicker 1931, 1935
  • North Melbourne best and fairest 1935
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lewis, 191 cm and 99 kg, was a tough, hard ruckman who could carry the rucking load for the team during tough periods.

In 1926, Lewis applied for a clearance to coach the Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League, but his clearance was refused by North Melbourne.[2]

In 1996 Lewis was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

His brother, John Joseph "Bill" Lewis (1909–1949), played VFL football for North Melbourne. Lewis's great-grandson Daniel Venables played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.[3]

Notes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johnny Lewis (footballer).
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "1926 - Rutherglen FC - Coach". The Albury Banner. 26 March 1926. p. 44. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. Beveridge, Riley (19 November 2016). "Daniel Venables on how a broken leg in 2015 steeled his resolve ahead of this year's national draft". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

References
  • Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 90. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
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