John Henry Baggott (1906 - 1995)

Biography

John was born in 1906. He was the son of John Baggott and his wife Clara (nee Bullock). John Henry Baggott married Alma Heron in 1932.

John Henry Baggott was an Australian Rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Richmond Football Club and later the Essendon Football Club between 1927 and 1937. Jack was Captain-Coach of Essendon in 1936 and 1937, before retiring from playing to concentrate on just coaching the club, until the end of the 1939 season. Then he took on the Coaching role with the South Melbourne Football Club for just the 1940 season. He had also played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) with the Northcote Football Club for at least one season, before joining Richmond, in the mid 1920s.

Jack Baggott passed away in 1995 and is believed to have ben laid to rest at the Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.

Sources

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages. MARRIAGE: BAGGOTT, Jno Hy - event: Marriage - spouse: HERON, Alma - registration year: 1932 - registration no. 10043/1932. first accessed online on the 26th of January 2024. from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Jack Baggott from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 28th of January 2024 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Baggott

• JACK BAGGOTT A FATHER from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Monday 3 January 1938, Page 17. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11137218?

• JACK BAGGOTT his profile on the Australian Football website, Author John Devaney. first accessed online on the 28th of January 2024.

• Jack Baggott from RICHMOND'S HALL OF FAME website. first accessed online on the 28th of January 2024.

• Club History: Club Honours from the MIGHTY BOMBERS website, first accessed online on the 28th of January 2024.

• Baggott, Jack his profile on THE VFA PROJECT website first accessed online on the 28th of January, 2024

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 January 2024), memorial page for John Henry Baggott (unknown–2 Jun 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #243958463, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980). (note there is no gravestone photograph as yet)

Further Reading

• Victorian League Football--Richmond Team from the Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) of Saturday 23 June 1928, Page 44. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224958146?

• These Days of Sport from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Saturday 7 July 1934, Page 25. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10965001?

• JACK BAGGOTT AS V.C.A. DELEGATE from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Friday 16 August 1935, Page 2. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244934114?sea

• JACK BAGGOTT TO RETIRE from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Friday 4 September 1936, Page 22. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248559501?

• JACK BAGGOTT RESIGNS from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Thursday 1 June 1939, Page 22. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12134247?

• LEAGUE FOOTBALL from the Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954) of Saturday 17 February 1940, Page 1. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164972298?

• FOOTBALL—RICHMOND'S STAR PLAYERS from The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) of Saturday 8 June 1940, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141822275?

• JACK BAGGOTT'S RESIGNATION from the Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954) of Saturday 17 August 1940, Page 3. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164976881?

• Jack Baggott Joins R.A.A.F. from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Friday 13 February 1942, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245099628?se

• JACK BAGGOTT COACH AT NORTHCOTE from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Saturday 1 October 1949, Page 41. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of January, 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22782576?