Jack Sales
Jack Merton Sales was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.
World War II
Sales enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after turning 18 and served until the end of World War II.Football
After demobilization, Sales joined Sandringham for the 1946 VFA season, and played on a wing in their premiership winning side that year. In 1947, Sales again appeared in a VFA Grand Final, this time on a losing side as Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne.In 1948 Sandringham refused him a clearance to Collingwood, but he received a permit from the VFL and transferred to Collingwood. He played a total of 31 games over his two seasons with Collingwood before moving to a playing-coach role with Hamilton Imperials.