Johnny Lewis (footballer)

Johnny Lewis
Personal information
Full name	John Francis Lewis
Date of birth	(1901-09-13)13 September 1901
Place of birth	West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	3 July 1973(1973-07-03) (aged 71)
Place of death	Kew, Victoria
Original team(s)	North Melbourne (VFA)[1]
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1921–1924	North Melbourne (VFA)	036 0(26)
1925–1935	North Melbourne	150 (142)
1936–1938	Melbourne	046 0(18)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	10 (7)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1930	North Melbourne	18 (1–17–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Career highlights
North Melbourne captain 1930–1931 North Melbourne leading goalkicker 1931, 1935 North Melbourne best and fairest 1935
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Francis Lewis (13 September 1901 – 3 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League, playing for both North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs.

Lewis, 191 cm and 99 kg, was a tough, hard ruckman who could carry the rucking load for the team during tough periods.

In 1926, Lewis applied for a clearance to coach the Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League, but his clearance was refused by North Melbourne.^[2]

In 1996 Lewis was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

His brother, John Joseph "Bill" Lewis (1909–1949), played VFL football for North Melbourne. Lewis's great-grandson Daniel Venables played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.^[3]