Jack Kidd (Australian footballer)

Jack Kidd (10 February 1908 – 26 February 1960) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Carlton and Fitzroy[1] in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Jack Kidd
Personal information
Full name John "Jack" William Kidd
Date of birth (1908-02-10)10 February 1908
Date of death 26 February 1960(1960-02-26) (aged 52)
Original team(s) Moonee Ponds West State School, Essendon Reserves, Tungamah
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924-30 Essendon 42 (12)
1931 Carlton 02 0(0)
1933 Fitzroy 01 0(2)
Total 45 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kidd was a member of the Moonee Ponds State School teams that won the State Schools Football Championships in 1921 and was best on ground for the Moonee Ponds State School in the 1922 Victorian State Schools Football Championships grand final[3] [4]

Kidd also starred for the Moonee Ponds State School cricket team that won the 1922 State Schools Cricket Championships by making 98[5] and taking 6/18[6] in the grand final!

Kidd played VFL Reserves football with Essendon in 1924 and 1925, before making his senior football debut with Essendon in 1926, against North Melbourne in round one.[7]

In May, 1929, Kidd announced his retirement from VFL football, due to a severe knee injury he sustained in a round three match against South Melbourne in 1928.[8] He actually returned to play one game with Essendon in 1929, in round three, before coaching the Tungamah Football Club in late 1929[9] [10] [11]

Kidd returned to Essendon in 1930, then played two games with Carlton in 1931, unsure where Kidd played in 1932 and then move onto Fitzroy in 1933 and played one game against Melbourne in round 15 at the MCG and was named their fourth best player.[12]

Kidd played with Oakleigh Football Club from 1934 to 1936 and was their coach in 1935 and 1936, but resigned as coach of the Oakleigh Football Club in May, 1936 due to a injured shoulder[13] and a short while later was cleared to Camberwell Football Club where he played seven games. [14]

Kidd also played 121 first eleven games of Melbourne District Cricket with Essendon Cricket Club between 1925/26 and 1943/44. [15] Kidd was also captain of Essendon CC too.

Notes
  1. "1933 - VFL League Teams". Trove Newspapers. 4 August 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 452. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "1922 - Moonee Ponds West Premiers". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 15 September 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "1922 - Moonee Ponds West win by one point". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 15 September 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. "1922 - Moonee Ponds West again". Trove Newspapers. The Herald. 19 December 1922. p. 15. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. "1922 - Won by Moonee Ponds West". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 20 December 1922. p. 15. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. "1926 - Rd.1 - Essendon's Consistency!". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 3 May 1926. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. "J Kidd Retires". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 15 May 1929. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. "1929 - Tungamah FC". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 11 June 1929. p. 14. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. "1929 - Devenish v Tungamah". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Standard (Vic). 16 July 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. "1929 - Car on Fire!". Trove Newspapers. Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal (Vic). 14 August 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  12. "1933: VFL Rd.15 - Melbourne v Fitzroy match review". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 5 August 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  13. "1936 - J Kidd resigns as coach". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 20 May 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  14. "1936 - Jack Kidd for Camberwell". Trove Newspapers. The Herald. 27 May 1936. p. 30. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  15. "Melbourne Premier Cricket Player Register". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 11 November 2020.


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