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John Frederick Price (26 June 1901 – 27 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).




Family


The son of John Price, and Annie Price (née Hunt), John Frederick Price was born at Camberwell, Victoria on 26 June 1901.
He married Emslee Margaret Gladys Murdoch in 1921.




Football


Originally playing with Carlton reserves, Price transferred to Hawthorn during the 1925 VFL season, making 10 appearances and scoring 2 goals.
He subsequently played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for four seasons.




Military service


Price enlisted and served in the second AIF in the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (as did Max Wheeler).




Death


He was killed in action in Syria on 27 June 1941. He has no known grave, and is commemorated at the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.




See also


List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
Syria–Lebanon Campaign




Notes






References


World War Two Nominal Roll: Private John Frederick Price (VX28913), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Private John Frederick Price (VX28913), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.




External links


Jack Price at AustralianFootball.com
Jack Price's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Jack Price's playing statistics from The VFA Project

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