Jack Basil Armstrong (21 April 1899 – 21 January 1942) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with St Kilda in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Prior to his football career Armstrong had enlisted on his eighteenth birthday to serve in World War I, serving in England and France.

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* * 1899 births 1942 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Kyneton Football Club players Australian military personnel of World War I 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1899-stub