Jack Barker (Australian rules footballer)

Jack Barker
Personal information
Birth 23 December 1917
Recruited from Woodend
Height and weight 185cm / 98 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)

Hawthorn (1937-45)

  • 113 games, 21 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1945 season

Jack Barker (born 23 December 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL.

Barker was a centre half back and won Hawthorn's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1942. Off the field he worked as a fireman and once played a game despite suffering smoke inhalation the previous night.[1]

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