{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jeff Grieve | image = | fullname = Jeffrey James Grieve<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1702824/|title=Roll of Honour – Jeffrey James Grieve|publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Armadale, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1944|11|8|1918|1|27|df=yes}} | death_place = Glenshee, Scotland | originalteam = McKinnon<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12451232 |title=Doherty, Bragg Cleared. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=25 April 1940 |access-date=25 September 2014 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | height = 173&nbsp;cm | weight = 70&nbsp;kg | position = | statsend = 1941 | years1 = 1941 | club1 = South Melbourne | games_goals1 = 11 (0) | careerhighlights = }} Flight Sergeant '''Jeffrey James Grieve''' (27 January 1918 – 8 November 1944)<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11370298 "Deaths: On Active Service: Grieve", ''The Argus'', (Wednesday 15 November 1944), p.2.]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22518548 |title=Family Notices: In Memoriam; Grieve. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=8 November 1947 |access-date=25 September 2014 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally from McKinnon, Grieve made 11 appearances for South Melbourne, which all came in the 1941 VFL season.<ref>{{cite book|last=Main|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Main|title=In The Blood: South Melbourne – Sydney Swans Football Club|year=2009|publisher=Bas Publishing|location=Seaford, Victoria|isbn=9781921496011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeff_Grieve_gm.html|title=AFL Tables – Jeff Grieve – Games Played|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref>

He was a second cousin of Carlton player Ollie Grieve.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref>

==Military== Grieve, who worked as a baker, enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1017731|title=World War Two Nominal Roll|publisher=Government of Australia|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225721/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1017731|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 8 November 1944, Grieve was one of seven men on board a bomber (Halifax LK901), which crashed during a cross-country training exercise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archieraf.co.uk/scs/halifaxlk901.html|title=World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland – Halifax LK901|publisher=Archie RAF|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-24/players-killed-on-active-service-afl-records-on-service-from-boer-war-ww1-ww2|title=Players Killed on Active Service – AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2 – AFL.com.au|publisher=AFL|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11373653 "RAAF Casualty List: Overseas: Killed Aircraft Accident", ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 7 December 1944), p.11.]</ref> The plane took off from Sandtoft, Lincolnshire and broke up mid air after going into cumulonimbus clouds due to atmospheric icing. The plane's remains crashed into the ground near Glenshee, Scotland, killing all 7 crew members on board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=161567|title=ASN Aircraft accident 08-NOV-1944 Handley Page Halifax LK901|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=J. Grieve |url=https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109332 |website=internationalbcc.co.uk |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref>

== See also == * List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

==References== {{Reflist|1}}

==External links== *{{AFL Tables|ref=J/Jeff_Grieve.html}}

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