Jack Shelton
Encyclopedia
Jack Shelton is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and South Melbourne
. Sometimes known as "J. A. Shelton", probably a reference to Avenel and to distinguish him from another J. F. Shelton playing for St Kilda at the same time. The father of William Shelton
, he was killed in action in Tobruk
in 1941.
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
. Sometimes known as "J. A. Shelton", probably a reference to Avenel and to distinguish him from another J. F. Shelton playing for St Kilda at the same time. The father of William Shelton
William Shelton
Sir William Jeremy Masefield Shelton commonly known as Bill Shelton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...
, he was killed in action in Tobruk
Tobruk
Tobruk or Tubruq is a city, seaport, and peninsula on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District and has a population of 120,000 ....
in 1941.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.