Australian rules footballer
Jack Nilson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Ivar Nilson | ||
Date of birth | (1919-03-12)12 March 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 31 October 1970(1970-10-31) (aged 51) | ||
Place of death | Parkville, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Brunswick | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 71.5 kg (158 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1944 | Collingwood | 3 (0) | |
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Ivar Nilson (12 March 1919 – 31 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
Nilson was of Finnish heritage and his mother, Suleima Elizabeth Siuro (c1893-1919), a domestic servant, tragically died in Melbourne, on 15 March 1919, from the 1919 influenza epidemic three days after his birth.
He was then adopted by Swedish immigrants, Bror Edvard Nilsson (a.k.a. Nilson) (−1956), and Ida Ingeborg Nilson (1882–1937), née Gröndahl (a.k.a. Greendale), who lived in West Brunswick.
He married Gwendoline Claire Johnson (1922–1985) on 11 April 1942. They had three children.
War service
Nilson also served in the 58th Battalion of the Second AIF during World War II.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 658. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Probate Record: Estate of Suleima Elizabeth Siuro, Supreme Court of Victoria, no.163404, 16 April 1919.
- Influenza: Position Satisfactory, The Argus, (Monday, 17 March 19190, p.8.
- Deaths: Nilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 August 1956), p.12.
- Marriages: Nilson—Johnson, The Age, (Saturday, 18 April 1942), p.9.
- Nominal Roll.
References
- B883, V44607: World War Two Service Record: Private John Ivar Nilson (V44607), (documents not yet examined for release), National Archives of Australia.
- World War Nominal Roll: Private John Ivar Nilson (V44607), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- High Tower Diving, The Argus, (Friday, 17 January 1947), p.12.
- High Tower, The (Sydney) Sun, (Sunday, 19 January 1947), p.9.
- Gould Retains Diving Title, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 31 January 1948), p.5.
- Takes Plunge, The Argus, (Monday, 7 February 1949), p.6.
- They Fly Through the Air, The Age, (Thursday, 16 November 1950), p.4.
External links
- Jack Nilson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Nilson's playing statistics from The VFA Project
- Profile on Collingwood Forever
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