Dennis Jones (Australian footballer)

Dennis Jones
Personal information
Full name	Dennis Jones
Date of birth	13 November 1936
Date of death	21 December 1999
Height / weight	183 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Half-back, ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1956–1960, 1962	Melbourne	59 (4)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1968–1971 1973–1974 1978	Central District West Perth Melbourne	22 (5–17–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978.

Dennis Jones (13 November 1936 – 19 December 1999)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jones, a half-back, made his senior VFL debut in 1956 and was a member of Melbourne's 1959 premiership side. He retired from the VFL aged 25, and in 1968 became senior coach of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Central District. Jones remained in that role for four seasons before moving to the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) to coach West Perth, and getting them to a Grand Final. In 1978 Jones rejoined Melbourne, where he had been appointed coach, but he could not prevent the team finishing with the wooden spoon.

References

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Melbourne Football Club 1959 VFL premiers

Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Fenton-Smith 2. Rowarth 4. Lord 5. McLean 6. Adams 7. Case 8. T. Johnson 9. Dixon 11. Mithen 16. B. Johnson 23. Tunbridge 24. Ridley 25. Williams 26. Thorogood 27. Jones 29. Mann 30. Beckwith (c) 31. Barassi 35. Laidlaw 38. Brenchley

Coach: Smith

Coaches of the Melbourne Football Club

1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1912–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1965: Smith 1964: Barassi 1965: Hughes 1965–1967: Smith 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–2016: Roos 2017–: Goodwin

Italics denote caretaker coach

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