Jack Mueller

John Ernest Arthur Mueller (9 September 1915 – 14 June 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jack Mueller
Personal information
Full name John Ernest Arthur Mueller
Date of birth 9 September 1915
Date of death 14 June 2001(2001-06-14) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Echuca (Bendigo FL)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–1950[1] Melbourne 216 (378)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1936–1941 Victoria 4 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Francis Carl Mueller (1880-1945),[2][3][4] and Eliza Mary "Cissie" Mueller (1887-1960), née O'Brien, John Ernest Arthur Mueller was born on 9 September 1915.

He married Margaret Rose "Greta" Toohey on 14 April 1942.[5]

Football

He was famous for having only eight fingers, after losing two when he caught his hand in a machine at work.[6][7]

In the late 1940s and 1950s, Mueller was a football commentator on 3KZ, working first with Norman Banks and later Philip Gibbs. Mueller also worked with Gibbs on the program Football Inquest, which was later simulcast on 3KZ and GTV-9.

Death

He died on 14 June 2001.[8]

Footnotes
  1. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 2007 Edition
  2. Deaths: Mueller, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 November 1945), p.20.
  3. Echuca Solicitor Dies in Street, The Argus, (Thursday, 22 November 1945), p.3.
  4. The Champion Runners: Shrubb in Good Form: Duffy Beaten by Mueller, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Monday, 20 February 1905), p.9.
  5. Orange Blossom: Football Star Married at Middle Park: Mueller Toohey Wedding, The (Emerald Hill) Record,Saturday, 18 April 1942), p.4.
  6. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 2007 Edition
  7. Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
  8. Obituary, The Riverine Herald, (Friday, 29 June 2001), p.13.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers (7th edition). Australia: Bas Publishing. p. 884. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  • Minchin, James, "Echuca's Greatest", The Riverine Herald, (Friday, 30 June 2000), p.28.
  • Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 103. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
  • AFL site: Australian Football Hall of Fame
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