Jack Bisset

Jack Bisset

Personal information
Full name	Jack Bisset
Date of birth	(1900-09-01)1 September 1900
Date of death	21 August 1966(1966-08-21) (aged 65)
Original team	Nar Nar Goon (EDFL) Port Melbourne (VFL) Stawell (WFL)
Height/Weight	180cm / 83kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1928 1931 1932–1936 Total	Richmond Richmond South Melbourne	19 (6) 19 (3) 90 (9) 128 (18)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1933–1936	South Melbourne	80 (63–17–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1936 season. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1936.
Career highlights
South Melbourne premiership captain-coach 1933 South Melbourne captain 1933–1936

Jack Bisset (1 September 1900 – 21 August 1966)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and played for and coached the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL. His surname is often spelt as Bissett and it is unclear which spelling is correct.

Bisset started his football career at Nar Nar Goon, captaining their 1921 premiership side. He moved to Port Melbourne in the VFA in 1922 was fullback for their premiership side in that year. He was captain-coach of Stawell from 1926 to 1927. He began playing as a follower and moved to Richmond where he made his VFL debut in 1928. He spent two seasons with the Tigers, 1928 and 1931, both ending in Grand Final losses. In between his two seasons at Richmond he was captain-coach at Nhill.

In 1932 he was recruited by South Melbourne and became their captain-coach the following season. Bisset had an immediate impact on the club, guiding them to their first premiership in 15 years. He remained in the role until the end of the 1936 season having reached the Grand Final in every year. South Melbourne however could not repeat their 1933 success, losing the Grand Finals by 39, 20 and 11 points respectively. Having won 63 of the 80 games that he coached, Bisset was named coach of the Swans' official 'Team of the Century'.

References

↑ "Jack Bisset - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Jack Bisset's statistics from AFL Tables

South Melbourne Football Club 1933 VFL Premiers

South Melbourne 9.17 (71) defeated Richmond 4.5 (29), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 1. Bisset 2. Matthews 3. Austin 5. Brain 6. Clarke 8. McLaughlin 9. McKay 10. Bertram 11. O'Meara 12. Thomas 14. Faul 17. Diggins 18. Bowe 21. Reville 23. Pratt 25. Nash 29. Kelleher 30. McKenzie 34. Beard

Coach: Bisset

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–: Jack/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

Sydney Swans · Team of the Century

Full-back	John Rantall John Heriot Vic Belcher

Half-back	Bill Faul Ron Clegg Dennis Carroll

Centre	David Murphy Greg Williams Herbie Matthews

Half-forward	Tony Morwood Laurie Nash Gerard Healy

Full-forward	Bob Pratt Tony Lockett Paul Kelly

Ruck	Barry Round Peter Bedford Bob Skilton (c)

Interchange	Bill Williams Stephen Wright Daryn Cresswell Fred Goldsmith Mark Bayes Harry Clarke Mark Tandy

Coach	Jack Bissett