title: John Helmer (footballer)
text: # John Helmer (footballer)
  
  John Neil Helmer (19 January 1938 – 14 August 1982) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Neil William Hans "Larry" Helmer (1912-1972), and Viola Veronica Helmer (1913-2001), née Gallagher, John Neil Helmer was born at Mooroopna, Victoria on 19 January 1938.
  
  He was the nephew of Clyde Helmer.
  
  He married Lesley Lorraine Wray (1940-2014).
  
  