Jack Southern (2 May 1874 – 8 March 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 836.
Family The son of John Southern (1844–1891),Funeral Notice: Southern, The (Perth) Inquirer and Commercial News, (Wednesday, 7 October 1891), p. 2. and Elizabeth Jane Southern (1847-1877), née Timpson,Marriages: Southern—Timpson, The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian, (Saturday, 11 July 1868), p. 2.Death: Southern, Nelson Evening Mail, (Monday, 22 October 1877), p.2. was born at Dunedin, New Zealand on 2 May 1874.Births Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Births Registration No.1874/30424.
He married Katherine Parnell Whitty (1876–1953) on 9 August 1899.Marriages: Southern—Whitty, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 September 1899), p. 9.
Football He played for two seasons 1895South Melbourne outlast North Melbourne, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 May 1895), p. 8.A Great Day at South Melbourne, The Argus, (Monday, 1 July 1895), p. 6. and 1896The Success of High Marking, The Argus, (Monday, 18 May 1896), p. 6: note that his family name is mistakenly given as "Sothern".Football, The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 October 1896), p. 17. in South Melbourne's VFA team, including when he played on the wing in the play-off match against Collingwood, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 3 October 1896,Football, The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 October 1896), p. 17.Our Own Yesterdays, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 21 September 1935), p. 4.
He made his debut for South Melbourne in the team's first match in the VFL competition against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897.
Death He died at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 8 March 1919.Crossed the Border, The (Emerald Hill) Record, 15 March 1919, p. 2.
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Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
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