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John Jillard

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Date of birth
  
28 March 1941

1958-1970
  
Footscray

Name
  
John Jillard


Height/Weight
  
183 cm / 81 kg

Died
  
December 28, 1998

Years
  
Club

Weight
  
81 kg


Date of death
  
28 December 1998(1998-12-28) (aged 57)

Role
  
Australian Rules Footballer

Original team(s)
  
Footscray Juniors

John Jillard (28 March 1941 – 28 December 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL during the 1960s. He was a half back flanker and won the Charles Sutton Medal for Footscray's Best and Fairest in 1967. In the same year he finished 10th in the Brownlow Medal count having finished 8th two years earlier.

In 2002 he was named in Footscray's official 'Team of the Century'.

He also played for Latrobe and Ainslie.

References

John Jillard Wikipedia