Jack Vosti

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Jack Vosti
Personal information
Full name John Winfred Vosti
Date of birth 25 April 1903
Date of death 10 September 1977(1977-09-10) (aged 74)
Original team(s) Brunswick (VFA)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–32 Essendon 099 (80)
1933–34 Footscray 026 0(0)
1935 Essendon 002 0(0)
Total 127 (80)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Winfred Vosti (25 April 1903 – 10 September 1977)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football[edit]

Vosti started his VFL career in 1925 with Essendon. He played forward and topped Essendon's goalkicking in 1927 after kicking 35 goals. The following season saw him move to fullback, a position at which he excelled. He finished 2nd in Essendon's 1929 best and fairest award. From 1927 until 1930 he was a regular at full back for Victoria at interstate football.

In 1933 Essendon released him due to doubts over his ability to play with a knee injury. He joined Footscray, but was after performing well in 1933,[2] he was again affected by injury. In mid 1935 he transferred back to Essendon,[3] but only managed two more VFL games before retiring. He then coached Pascoe Vale Football Club in the Essendon District Football League before rejoining Essendon as a selector in 1946.[4]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Essendon Football Club – Team Players – Jack W. Vosti". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Round the Training Rooms". Table Talk. Melbourne. 27 July 1933. p. 27. Retrieved 7 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "FOOTSCRAY'S VIGOUR". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 May 1935. p. 11. Retrieved 7 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "These were Champions". Football Record: 28. 8 September 1962.

External links[edit]

The Victorian Football League's Interstate team that drew with South Australia, in Adelaide, 13.10 (88) to 11.22 (88) on Saturday, 16 June 1928.
Back Row: Jack Moriarty, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Alan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur "Bull" Coghlan, Herbert White.