Australian Football

There is no doubt that J.J.A. “Jack” Conway is one of the forgotten heroes of the early days of football in Melbourne. Accounts of this period have been dominated by the mighty deeds of T.W. Wills and H.C.A. Harrison, but when reading newspaper reports of the time one realises that Conway was in fact a household name. He was not a rule maker, like Wills, or an influential administrator like Harrison, but his importance as a player during an era of football “warriors” should not be underestimated. He was the first great captain of the Carlton Football Club and was one of Harrison’s most formidable foes in those glorious football battles of bygone days. 

Author - Mark Pennings