Gordon Jones (Australian footballer)


Gordon Lindsay Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
He was the cousin of Melbourne footballers Colin Niven and Ray Niven.
A Maryborough recruit, he had a strong year in 1938 when he gathered 12 Brownlow Medal votes to finish as the best placed Melbourne player and equal ninth overall.
Jones debuted in League football with a solid performance as a ruckman in the opening round of the 1935 VFL season when Melbourne lost to Essendon 15.9 to 24.15.
He was primarily a follower during his career but also played at centre half back, the position in which he was a member of Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams.

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