People Australia

29 August, 1920
Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

26 February, 1994 (aged 73)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

unknown

• English
• German

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Woodville Primary School (Adelaide) (student, 1926-1930)
• Maitland High School (NSW) (student, 1931-1933)

• Australian Rules player (1934-1952) South Australia, Australia
• compositor (1934-1981) South Australia, Australia
• soldier (1940-1945) Federal, Australia
• Australian Rules coach (1945-1982) South Australia, Australia

• World War II (soldier, 1940-1945)

• Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978)
• Australian Football Hall of Fame (inductee, 1996)

• Jack Oatey medal (South Australian National Football League) (eponym)

• Port Victoria Football Club (Adelaide) (footballer, ?-1939)
• Norwood Football Club (Adelaide) (footballer, 1940-1952)
• South Australian National Football League (footballer, 1940-1952)
• Sydney Swans (footballer, 1944-1944)
• Norwood Football Club (Adelaide) (coach, 1945-1956)
• West Adelaide Football Club (coach, 1957-1960)
• Sturt Football Club (Adelaide) (coach, 1962-1982)
• Sturt Football Club (Adelaide) (life member, 1971-1994)