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Jack Moriarty
Jack Moriarty (30 April 1901 – 5 September 1980) was an Australian rules footballer and champion goal-kicker in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of the Fitzroy full-back, dual premiership player, and first coach, Geoffrey John Moriarty (1871–1948), and Mary Anne Moriarty (1879–1964), née Jackson, Geoffrey John Moriarty was born at Fitzroy, Victoria on 30 April 1901.
He married Isabel Sophia Nairn (1901–1987) in 1924.
Moriarty was a lightly built full-forward — despite standing only 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), and weighing approximately 60 kg, he had the ability to jump over opponents and take strong over-head marks — who became a spectacular success after leaving Essendon Football Club at the end of 1923 and crossing to Fitzroy Football Club.
He played in every home-and-away game (17 matches) for the Essendon Association Football Club (a.k.a. "Essendon A") in 1921, the club's final season in the Victorian Football Association (VFA)'s competition.
Moriarty transferred to the Essendon VFL club in 1922, playing thirteen games at full-forward, including the Semi-final, against Carlton, on 23 September 1922.
He was controversially dropped from the team for the Preliminary Final, against Fitzroy, on 7 October 1922, and half-back flanker Greg Stockdale moved to full-forward in his place. Although Essendon lost the match, 6.6 (45) to 9.14 (68), Stockdale kicked five of Essendon's six goals (one with his right foot, despite being a natural left-foot kick).
Based upon that performance, Stockdale became the team's full-forward in 1923 — Stockdale scored 68 goals in the 1923 season breaking the VFL's (then) record of 66 goals set jointly by Fitzroy's Jimmy Freake and Collingwood's Dick Lee in 1915, and Moriarty was unable to break back into the senior team.
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Jack Moriarty
Jack Moriarty (30 April 1901 – 5 September 1980) was an Australian rules footballer and champion goal-kicker in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of the Fitzroy full-back, dual premiership player, and first coach, Geoffrey John Moriarty (1871–1948), and Mary Anne Moriarty (1879–1964), née Jackson, Geoffrey John Moriarty was born at Fitzroy, Victoria on 30 April 1901.
He married Isabel Sophia Nairn (1901–1987) in 1924.
Moriarty was a lightly built full-forward — despite standing only 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), and weighing approximately 60 kg, he had the ability to jump over opponents and take strong over-head marks — who became a spectacular success after leaving Essendon Football Club at the end of 1923 and crossing to Fitzroy Football Club.
He played in every home-and-away game (17 matches) for the Essendon Association Football Club (a.k.a. "Essendon A") in 1921, the club's final season in the Victorian Football Association (VFA)'s competition.
Moriarty transferred to the Essendon VFL club in 1922, playing thirteen games at full-forward, including the Semi-final, against Carlton, on 23 September 1922.
He was controversially dropped from the team for the Preliminary Final, against Fitzroy, on 7 October 1922, and half-back flanker Greg Stockdale moved to full-forward in his place. Although Essendon lost the match, 6.6 (45) to 9.14 (68), Stockdale kicked five of Essendon's six goals (one with his right foot, despite being a natural left-foot kick).
Based upon that performance, Stockdale became the team's full-forward in 1923 — Stockdale scored 68 goals in the 1923 season breaking the VFL's (then) record of 66 goals set jointly by Fitzroy's Jimmy Freake and Collingwood's Dick Lee in 1915, and Moriarty was unable to break back into the senior team.
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