Preston Football Club – 1941 Team Photo

The 1941 photo, courtesy of Australian Sports Museum

Back Row: Jack Clarke, Phil Dunstone*, Bill Lowenthal, Bill Seedsman, Unknown, Jack Norman, Jack Lynch, Fred Beaumont

Middle Row: Bert Minney, Jim Calvert, Frank Dowling, Bill Maslen, Norm Matthews, Ron Leishman*

Front Row: Bert Deacon, Charlie Stewart, Les Ross, Unknown

Phil Dunstone* – should be in the photo, and while he looks different, as in very different, to previous photos, there are some similarities

Ron Leishman* – if not, then front row, far right

Note : Identifications are made from information / photos that I’ve been able to find, and as always, happy to be corrected on any errors. Also happy to hear of any new identifications.

Story, with more details, of how this all came about, can be found here –

Part 3

Part 2

Part 1

Players of Round 5, 10 May, 1941 –

Game Details – The VFA Project

Jack Clarke – Back row, far left. (Based on remaining unidentified players, height, and being in 1938, both 1939, 1940 and 1941 photos)

Phil Dunstone – Back row, second from left? (Based on height, and being in 1938, both 1939, 1940 and 1941 photos, but looks different here)

Only photo found – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188803314

Bill Lowenthal – Back row, third from left

http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Bill+Lowenthal

Photo from Essendon days (Front row, fourth from right) –

https://scoreboardpressure.com/2012/07/23/windy-hill-essendon-victoria/

Michael Riley’s post on Big Footy – https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/list-thread-inaccuracy-in-official-records.1089761/page-51#post-53749375

1936 Fitzroy photo linked to in Big Footy post (Back row, second from right) –

http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Fitzroy+Senior+Team+1936+%28FBLHS+S36-1%29

Bill Seedsman – 19-9-1914 – 10-10-2001. 183cms. Back row, fourth from left. (Based on him being the only one in both 1939 photos, 1940 and 1941 photos)

Jack Norman – 188cms. Played Ruck. B&F 1941. Fitzroy 1938 – 1 game. Back row, third from right. (Based on height and unidentified player in both 1940 and 1941 photos)

1945 Preston photo – http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Preston+Team+Photos

J. T. (Jack) Lynch – 9-8-1918 – 8-9-1944. 185cms. Played Full Forward / Ruck. Preston 1941. Geelong 1939-40 25 games. Died in a car accident while on active service in WW2. Back row, second from right.

Trove article with photo – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/20725483

NT photo – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181652732?searchTerm=jack%20lynch

Fred Beaumont – Preston 1939-41. Brunswick 1935 & 1938. Wing / Centre. Back row, far right.

Photo from Brunswick (middle row, far left) – http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-index.php?page=Brunswick+Seconds+1930s+%28SLV+122_054%29&fbclid=IwAR1ceF94syzfA2RixigFBJkkl438dXRxyJgIFN-siblztc0WIRc5GalxXN4

Bert Minney – 7-1-1914 – 20-5-1999. 178cms. Preston 1940-41, 1945. Fitzroy 1938-39.

Middle row, far left

Fitzroy 1938 team photo – https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/393009504966991522/

Trove article with team photo –

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11171876?searchTerm=a%20minney

T. J. (Jim) Calvert – 6-9-1917 – 22-1-1981. 179cms. Follower, Centre Half Forward. Preston 1940-41. Yarraville 1939 (7 games). St Kilda 1943 (3 games) Best guess, middle row, second from left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Calvert

1939 Yarraville team photo taken at Port Melbourne, which Calvert played (Front row, second from left?) –

https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/39302/glass-negative-image-of-yarraville-football-club-1939

Frank Dowling – Middle row, third from left

http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Preston+Senior+Team+1939+%28BrM%29

Bill Maslen – Middle row, third from right

http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Maslen,_Bill_’Socks’.php

Norm Matthews – 30-8-1915 – 30-12-1985. 174cms. Preston 1941. Port Melbourne 1946 (8 games). Melbourne 1935, 1942-44 (15). South Melbourne 1938-40 (28) Played wing.

1940 Sth Melb team photo – http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/South+Melbourne+Senior+Team+1940+R3+%28DG_058%29

Late 1950s past players photo – http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/South+Melbourne+Past+Players+mid-late+1950s+%28SLV122_103%29

Middle row, second from right

Ron Leishman – Preston 1941, 1946-50. B&F 1947. Box Hill 1951. Follower / Fullback.

https://australianfootball.com/players/player/ron%2Bleishman/17558

Believe middle row, far right. If not, then front row, far right.

Bert Deacon – 8-11-1922 – 3-1-1974. 180cms. Preston 1940-41, 1945, 1952-53. Carlton 1942-51.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Deacon

http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Deacon%2C+Bert+%28CLA04%29

https://www.blueseum.org/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=2

Front row, far left.

Charlie Stewart – c-1910. Preston 1941, 1946-51. Played Wing. Captain 1950. Coach 1963-64 with premiership in Division 2 in 1963.