Jack Mueller

Jack Mueller
Personal information
Birth	9 September 1915
Recruited from	Echuca
Height and weight	188 cm, 89 kg
Death	14 June 2001(2001-06-14) (aged 85),
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Melbourne (1934–1950)^[1] 216 games, 378 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1950 season
Career highlights
Melbourne Best and Fairest 1937, 1939, 1946 Melbourne premiership player 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948

Jack Mueller (9 September 1915 – 14 June 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was famous for having only eight fingers, after losing two when he caught his hand in a machine at work.^[2]

Career highlights

Playing career:

Melbourne: 1934–1950 (Games: 216; Goals: 378)

Player honors:

Third in the Brownlow Medal: 1937
Melbourne Best and Fairest: 1937, 1939, 1946
Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1934, 1946
Melbourne premiership player: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948
Forward pocket in Melbourne's Team of the Century
Victorian representative (Games: 4; Goals: 4)

External links

Jack Mueller career stats

References

^ Source: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers 2007 Edition
^ Source: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers 2007 Edition

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 103. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
AFL site: Australian Football Hall of Fame
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers (7th edition). Australia: Bas Publishing. p. 884. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Allan La Fontaine Norm Smith Fred Fanning	Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medallist 1937 1939 1946	Succeeded by Norm Smith Ron Baggott Wally Lock
Preceded by Bob C. Johnson Fred Fanning	Melbourne Football Club Leading Goalkicker 1934 1946	Succeeded by Maurie Gibb Fred Fanning

Melbourne Football Club – Team of the Century

Backs John Beckwith • Tassie Johnson • Don Cordner

Half-backs Noel McMahen • Gary Hardeman • Don Williams

Midfielders Brian Dixon • Allan La Fontaine • Robert Flower

Half-forwards Hassa Mann • Ivor Warne-Smith • Garry Lyon

Forwards Jack Mueller • Norm Smith • Percy Beames

Followers Denis Cordner • Ron Barassi (c) • Stuart Spencer

Interchange Frank Adams • Albert Chadwick • Wally Lock • Laurie Mithen • Jim Stynes • Todd Viney

Coach Norm Smith

Emergencies Stan Alves • Ian Ridley • Bob B. Johnson • Greg Wells

Melbourne Football Club 1939/1940/1941 VFL Premiers

Captain: 17. La Fontaine \| 4. Smith \| 9. Emselle \| 12. Mueller \| 15. Baggott \| 23. Wartman \| 24. Beames \| 29. O'Keefe \| 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 21. Don Cordner \| 1. Denis Cordner \| 2. McKenzie \| 3. Collins \| 4. Smith \| 5. Deans \| 6. Craddock \| 7. Jackson \| 11. Bowman \| 12. Mueller \| 13. Spittle \| 16. Bickford \| 22. McGrath \| 25. McLean \| 28. Dullard \| 29. Arnold \| 30. Rodda \| 31. Rule \| 32. Dockett \| 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal • Melbourne Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1935: La Fontaine • 1936: La Fontaine • 1937: Mueller • 1938: N. Smith • 1939: Mueller • 1940: Baggott • 1941: La Fontaine • 1942: La Fontaine • 1943: Don Cordner • 1944: N. Smith • 1945: Fanning • 1946: Mueller • 1947: Lock • 1948: Rodda • 1949: Dockett • 1950: Denis Cordner • 1951: McMahen • 1952: McGivern • 1953: Melville • 1954: Denis Cordner • 1955: Spencer • 1956: Spencer • 1957: Beckwith • 1958: Mithen • 1959: Mithen • 1960: Dixon • 1961: Barassi • 1962: Mann • 1963: Mann • 1964: Barassi • 1965: Townsend • 1966: Leahy • 1967: Mann • 1968: Groom • 1969: Townsend • 1970: Davis • 1971: Wells • 1972: Alves • 1973: Ditterich • 1974: Alves • 1975: Fowler • 1976: Wells • 1977: Flower • 1978: Baker • 1979: Fowler • 1980: Fowler • 1981: S. Smith • 1982: Icke • 1983: Johnson • 1984: Gerard Healy • 1985: Hughes • 1986: Greg Healy • 1987: Stretch • 1988: O'Dwyer • 1989: Johnson • 1990: Lyon • 1991: Stynes • 1992: Lovett • 1993: Viney • 1994: Lyon • 1995: Stynes • 1996: Stynes • 1997: Stynes • 1998: Viney • 1999: Schwarz • 2000: Woewodin • 2001: Yze • 2002: Neitz • 2003: Robertson • 2004: White • 2005: Johnstone • 2006: McDonald • 2007: McDonald • 2008: Bruce • 2009: Davey • 2010: Green • 2011: Moloney

Melbourne Football Club • Leading Goalkickers

1897: Leith • 1898: Young • 1899: Leith • 1900: Ryan • 1901: Langley • 1902: Leith • 1903: Coutie • 1904: Coutie • 1905: H. Cordner • 1906: Onyons • 1907: Leith • 1908: Coutie • 1909: Brereton • 1910: Fairbarn • 1911: Brereton • 1912: Brereton • 1913: Maguire • 1914: Best • 1915: Park • 1919: Heinz • 1920: Harker • 1921: Harker • 1922: Harker • 1923: Tulloh • 1924: Tulloh • 1925: Davie • 1926: Moyes • 1927: Davie • 1928: Johnson, Sr. • 1929: Taylor • 1930: Margitich • 1931: Margitich • 1932: Margitich • 1933: Johnson, Sr. • 1934: Mueller • 1935: Gibb • 1936: Glass • 1937: Baggott • 1938: Smith • 1939: Smith • 1940: Smith • 1941: Smith • 1942: Fanning • 1943: Fanning • 1944: Fanning • 1945: Fanning • 1946: Mueller • 1947: Fanning • 1948: Arnold • 1949: McKenzie • 1950: Denis Cordner • 1951: McKenzie • 1952: Clarke • 1953: McKenzie • 1954: Clarke • 1955: Spencer • 1956: Johnson, Jr. • 1957: Webb • 1958: Barassi/Webb • 1959: Barassi • 1960: Ridley • 1961: Johnson, Jr. • 1962: Mithen • 1963: Bourke • 1964: Townsend • 1965: Townsend • 1966: Vagg • 1967: Mann • 1968: Mann • 1969: Dillon • 1970: Dillon • 1971: Callery • 1972: Parke • 1973: Brewer • 1974: Brewer • 1975: Wells • 1976: Biffin • 1977: Brewer • 1978: Coles • 1979: Flower • 1980: Crosswell • 1981: M. Jackson • 1982: Gerard Healy • 1983: Flower • 1984: Templeton • 1985: Wilson • 1986: Greg Healy • 1987: Flower • 1988: R. Jackson • 1989: Bennett • 1990: Bennett • 1991: Jakovich • 1992: Jakovich • 1993: Jakovich • 1994: Lyon • 1995: Lyon • 1996: Neitz • 1997: Neitz/Farmer • 1998: Farmer • 1999: Neitz • 2000: Farmer • 2001: Robertson • 2002: Neitz • 2003: Neitz • 2004: Neitz • 2005: Robertson • 2006: Neitz • 2007: Robertson • 2008: Miller • 2009: Robertson • 2010: Green • 2011: Jurrah

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Name	Mueller, Jack
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Date of birth	9 September 1915
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Date of death	14 June 2001
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