fullname years death_date death_place birth_place position statsend birth_date image article_title name
john joseph conway 1897 & ndash ; 1899 22 october 1949 geelong , victoria ashby , victoria key position player 1899 26 march 1867 jack_conway_geelong . jpg jack conway -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 jack conway
jack conway -lrb- footballer -rrb-

john joseph `` jack '' conway -lrb- 26 march 1867 -- 22 october 1949 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for the geelong football club in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
he was geelong 's first captain in the vfl , captaining the club for its first three seasons in the new competition before retiring at the end of the 1899 season .
he is also notable for being in the inaugural team for geelong in the vfl , and is credited with being the first player selected for a geelong team .
