John Francis Scanlon (11 January 1911 – 21 July 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s.
[1] Scanlon came to St Kilda from Iona and was played mostly as a half back flanker and back pocket.
He captained-coached VFA club Coburg from 1937[2] to 1940 and was non playing coach in 1948.
[3] In 1951, he would found the Batman football club, which later go on to be Coburg Districts.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1911 is a stub.