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Jack Harrow (Australian footballer)

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Jack Harrow
Personal information
Full name John Harold Harrow
Date of birth (1921-04-01)1 April 1921
Place of birth Carlton North, Victoria
Date of death 18 October 1961(1961-10-18) (aged 40)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) RAAF / Preston
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944 Fitzroy 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Harold Harrow (1 April 1921 – 18 October 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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Te son of Samuel Robert Kenyon Harrow (1890–1974), and Elsie Marietta Harrow (1892–1988), née Orsino, John Harold Harrow was born at Carlton North, Victoria on 1 April 1921.

He married Valerie Kathleen Barton (1921–1996), at Marysville, Victoria on 15 April 1944.[2]

Death

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He died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 18 October 1961.[3]

Notes

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References

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  • 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.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer John Harold Harrow (205920), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • A9301, 205920: World War Two Service Record: Warrant Officer John Harold Harrow (205920), (documents not yet examined for release), National Archives of Australia.
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