Jack Kappler

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Jack Kappler
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Selway Kappler
Nickname(s) Jack
Date of birth (1892-11-05)5 November 1892
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death 23 November 1969(1969-11-23) (aged 77)
Place of death Park Holme, South Australia
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–1915, 1919–1920 Sturt 47 (0)
1921–1922 Glenelg 23 (0)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 1
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Career highlights
  • 2x Sturt premiership 1915, 1919
  • Inaugural Sturt Best and Fairest 1913
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jack Kappler (5 November 1892 – 23 November 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Kappler was the first winner of Sturt's Best and Fairest, and was a member of Glenelg's inaugural team.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
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Sturt Football Club1915 SAFL premiers
Sturt 6.10 (46) defeated Port Adelaide 4.10 (34), at Adelaide Oval, 2 October 1915, crowd: 13,000
Full-forward
  • Thomas Richardson
  • Leslie Smith
  • Jack Kappler
Half-forward
  • Howard Rayner
  • Frank Golding
  • Arthur Limb
Centre
  • Ted Mattner
  • Bill Mayman (c)
  • Howard Bruce
Half-back
  • Peter Edwards
  • Vic Richardson
  • Colin Sharp
Full-back
  • Clarrie Ryan
  • Doug McDougall
  • Henry Hicks
Ruck
  • Cecil Curnow
  • Ivor Nicolle (vc)
  • Bill Noal
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Sturt Football Club1919 SAFL premiers
Grand Final replay: Sturt 3.5 (23) defeated North Adelaide 2.6 (18), at Adelaide Oval, 8 October 1919, crowd: 35,000
Full-forward
  • Ivor Nicolle
  • Frank Golding
  • Leslie Smith
Half-forward
  • Robert Beatty
  • Sam Scrutton
  • Frank Nicolle
Centre
  • Howard Bruce
  • Bill Mayman (c)
  • Sam Sellick
Half-back
Full-back
  • Clarrie Ryan
  • John Venus
  • Jack Kappler
Ruck
  • Reg Whitehead
  • Owen Beatty
  • Fred Odgers
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P. T. Morton Medal • Sturt Football Club best and fairest winners
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