Jack Green (footballer born 1905)

Jack Green
Personal information
Date of birth	29 September 1905
Date of death	24 May 1960 (aged 54)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	University Blacks (VAFA)
Height/Weight	182 cm / 77 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929–1933 1934–1936 Total	Carlton Hawthorn	086 (109) 040 (167) 126 (276)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936 season.
Career highlights
Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1934 & 1935

Jack Green (29 September 1905 – 24 May 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Green started his VFL career with Carlton and was used as a key position player.^[1] During this time he earned selection for the Victorian interstate side.^[1] He moved to Hawthorn for the 1934 season and played at full-forward, a position he had success in prior to his VFL career, having once kicked 118 goals in a season with the University Blacks. In his first season at Hawthorn he kicked a club record 80 goals.^[1] It remained a record until 1968 when it was bettered by Peter Hudson.^[2] He again topped Hawthorn's goal-kicking the following season with 63 goals.^[2]

References

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
2. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.

External links

• Jack Green's statistics from AFL Tables