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VOSTI, John Winifred

VOSTI, John Winifred[1]

Male 1903 - 1977  (74 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name VOSTI, John Winifred
    Nickname Jack
    Birth 25 Apr 1903  Guildford, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Misc 1925  Essendon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Football Player 
    Address:
    Essendon Football Club (VFL) 
    • John Winfred Vosti (25 April 1903 ? 10 September 1977)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

      Vosti started his VFL career in 1925 with Essendon. He played forward and topped Essendon's goalkicking in 1927 after kicking 35 goals. The following season saw him move to fullback, a position at which he excelled. He finished 2nd in Essendon' s 1929 best and fairest award. From 1927 until 1930 he was a regular at full back for Victoria at interstate football.

      In 1933 Essendon released him due to doubts over his ability to play with a knee injury. He joined Footscray, but was performing well in 1933, he was again affected by injury. In mid 1935 he transferred back to Essendon, but only managed two mor e VFL games before retiring. He then coached Pascoe Vale Football Club in the Essendon District Football League before rejoining Essendon as a selector in 1946.
      Player
      Brunswick - 1924
      Essendon (VFL) 1925-1932, 1935 - 101 Games, 80 Goals
      Footscray (VFL) 1933-1934 - 26 Games, Goals
      Pascoe Vale - c1935

      Coach
      Pascoe Vale - c1935

      A competent forward who re-invented himself as a champion full back, Jack Vosti was sometimes referred to as 'the tall musician' because of his elegant, stylish, indeed almost delicate approach to the game. He commenced his senior career with Brunswick in the VFA in 1924, and after just one season crossed to the VFL with Essendon.
      Sadly for Vosti, this meant that he missed probably his best chance of playing in a premiership team, as in 1925 the Magpies would win their second VFA flag, while the Dons were about to embark on an unprecedentedly sustained period of mediocrity. Not that Vosti himself was a mediocre performer, especially after being shifted to full back in 1928.
      Prior to that, playing mainly as a full forward, Vosti had topped Essendon's goal kicking list with 35 goals in 1927. As a full back he possessed all the necessary attributes: pace, aerial prowess, and first rate kicking ability. He ran second in the Dons' best and fairest voting in 1929, and might have been expected to improve still further had he not sustained a serious knee injury the following year.
      Vosti played state football for the VFL as a forward in 1927, and as a full back in each of the three succeeding seasons. When he resumed playing after his knee injury he did so with a penny taped under his knee bandage to keep his cartilage in place, but although he still exhibited plenty of composure and native football intelligence, much of the old pace had gone.
      In 1933, after 99 VFL games and 80 goals with Essendon, Vosti crossed to Footscray where he added a further 26 games in two seasons. In 1935 he was back with the Dons, but managed only a couple more games before his knee problems became intolerable, and he retired.
      Author - John Devaney

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      Full Points Footy Publications
    Occupation 1925  Melbourne, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fireman 
    Address:
    Metropoliton Fire Brigade (MFB) 
    Misc 1933  Footscray, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Football Player 
    Address:
    Footcray Football Club 
    Reference Number W1052 
    _UID AC04F1290DD9401E92BB8425A8A64042D48E 
    Death 10 Sep 1977  Pakenham, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: Congestive Cardiac Failure, Arteriosclerosis, Infective Hepatitis 
    Cremation 13 Sep 1977  Fawkner, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Address:
    Fawkner Memorial Park 
    Person ID I2149  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026

    Father VOSTI, John Winfred   d. Yes, date unknown
    Mother KEATING, Annie   d. 1963, Essendon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 1896  [3] 
    Family ID F592  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MORRISON, Gertrude Beryl,   b. Abt 1906, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1976, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 11 Oct 1930  Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Address:
    Church of Christ, St. Leonard's road, 
    • FOOTBALLER'S WEDDING. Miss G. Morrison was married on Saturday afternoon at the Church of Christ, St. Leonard's road, Ascotvale, to Mr. J. W. Vosti, full-back of the Essendon League tea

      Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Monday 13 October 1930, page 7
    Children 
     1. VOSTI, Janis Winifred,   b. 30 Mar 1938, Essendon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S28] Death in the State of Victoria, John Winifred Vosti; Melbourne; Death Certificate; 21360/77; 1977 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S28] Death in the State of Victoria, John Winifred Vosti; Melbourne; Death Certificate; 21360/77; 1977.

    3. [S5] B.D. & M. (Index) Vic, 3408 / 1896, Sau 0006. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S28] Death in the State of Victoria, Gertrude Beryl Vosti; Melbourne; Certificate; 30159/76; 1976.