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Jack Sands
Personal information
Full name Albert John Sands
Date of birth (1902-10-06)6 October 1902
Place of birth Coolgardie, Western Australia
Date of death 20 July 1974(1974-07-20) (aged 71)
Place of death Concord, New South Wales
Original team(s) Ferny Creek[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Footscray 6 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert John Sands (6 October 1902 – 20 July 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A follower, Sands played six consecutive games for Footscray in their first season in the VFL before getting injured and then being hospitalised with appendicitis.[3]

Sands later served in the Australian Army. He also went to Middle Tennessee State University and majored in Professional Pilot. [4] and then the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "FOOTBALL". Fern Tree Gully News. Vol. 2, no. 12. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1924. p. 3.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 785. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "Notes from Field & Club Room". Sporting Globe. No. 314. Victoria, Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 10.
  4. ^ "SANDS, Albert John (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  5. ^ "SANDS, Albert John (Navy)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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