title: Joe Oakley
text: # Joe Oakley
  
  Joseph Cornelius Oakley (28 January 1914 – 8 December 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Joseph Thomas Oakley (1890–1959), and Theresa Veronica Oakley (1894–1988), née Yee Kee, Joseph Cornelius Oakley was born at Carlton, Victoria on 28 January 1914.
  
  He married Florence Eugenia Dillon (1916–2008) in 1942.
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Essendon (VFL)
  
  Recruited from Sunbury, he played 2 games, and kicked 2 goals, for the Essendon First XVIII in 1934.
  
  ## Military service
  
  Oakley later served in the Australian Army during World War II.
  
  