Jack Green (footballer born 1919)

For other people named Jack Green, see Jack Green (disambiguation).
Jack Green
Personal information
Full name Jack Taylor Green
Date of birth (1919-08-26)26 August 1919
Date of death 23 July 1981(1981-07-23) (aged 61)
Original team(s) Northcote Stars
Height / weight 180 cm / 81 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1949 Collingwood 127 (63)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.

Jack Taylor Green[1] (26 August 1919 – 23 July 1981)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Green, a follower and defender, was Collingwood's 19th man in the 1939 VFL Grand Final, which they lost to Melbourne.[4] He was the son of Jack W. Green, who was a Collingwood premiership player in 1917. His own son, also named Jack, played in the VFL as well, for Collingwood in the 1960s.[5] After leaving Collingwood he joined the Warragul Football Club, as playing coach.[6]

References

  1. ↑ GREEN JACK TAYLOR
  2. ↑ "Jack T Green". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ AFL Tables: Jack Green
  4. ↑ The Argus,"Grand Final Teams", 29 September 1939, p. 16
  5. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  6. ↑ The Argus,"Bill Twomey moved well in first workout", 24 March 1950, p. 20


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