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Australian rules footballer, born 1919

Australian rules footballer
Jack Nilson
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

  1. 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.
  2. Probate Record: Estate of Suleima Elizabeth Siuro, Supreme Court of Victoria, no.163404, 16 April 1919.
  3. Influenza: Position Satisfactory, The Argus, (Monday, 17 March 19190, p.8.
  4. Deaths: Nilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 August 1956), p.12.
  5. Marriages: Nilson—Johnson, The Age, (Saturday, 18 April 1942), p.9.
  6. Nominal Roll.

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