John George Dalton (15 April 1876 – 8 March 1923), better known as Jack Dalton, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 204.
Family The son of John James Dalton (1849–1890),Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Wednesday, 4 June 1890), p. 1. and Margaret Dalton (1857–1902), née Manning,Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 May 1902), p. 1. John George Dalton was born at Prahran, Victoria on 15 April 1876.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no. 11377/1876.
He married Clare Margaret O'Neill (1883–1940) in 1912.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no. 7352/1912.Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 June 1940), p. 4. They had two children.
Football Making his senior debut in 1896,Pennings (2016). the year before the inaugural VFL season, Dalton was a half back flanker in Fitzroy's 1898 VFL premiership team. He missed out on Fitzroy's premiership the following season due to injury.
Death He died at Sandringham, Victoria on 8 March 1923.Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Friday, 9 March 1923), p. 1.
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References Sporting Notes, The Fitzroy City Press, (Thursday, 15 June 1899), p 3. Play and Players ('Old Boys' match between Collingwood and Fitzroy'), The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 4 July 1913), p. 4. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
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