Jock Menzies

John Menzies (31 October 1887 – 14 May 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family
The son of Andrew Constable Menzies (1858–1939), and Williamina Menzies (1858-1919), née Smith, John Menzies was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 31 October 1887.

He married Elsie Louise Martin (1886-1966) on 5 September 1922. They had one child: a daughter, Dorothy Elsie Menzies (1924-2023), later, Mrs. Kenneth David Gould.

Football
On 23 April 1913 he was cleared from Port Melbourne to St Kilda.

St Kilda (VFL)
Menzies made his debut, as the resting forward-pocket rover, for St Kilda, against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 26 April 1913.

Port Melbourne (VFA)
On 28 May 1914 Menzies was cleared from St Kilda to Port Melbourne. He played in 8 games, at centre half-forward, in the 1914 season, kicking 4 goals.

Military service
He enlisted on 15 September 1914, and served overseas with the Australian Army Medical Corps of the First AIF. He was wounded twice, in action on 3 May 1915,  and on 21 August 1915   while serving in the  Dardanelles campaign, and returned to Australia on HMAT A29 Suevic, arriving in Melbourne on 5 January 1919.

Death
He died at West Essendon on 14 May 1967.