[2] Perberton was a medium sized man who was a very good runner, in 1904 he won the Colac Gift.
[3] Pemberton made three senior appearances for Richmond in their inaugural VFL season, all of which they lost.
In 1931 Norm Clark was appointed coach of North Melbourne but after 10 games in which resulted in ten losses he resigned.
John Pemberton stepped in to be caretaker coach for the rest of the 1931 VFL season.
North Melbourne lost each of them as well, meaning that Pemberton failed to experience a win either as a player or coach in the VFL.