Jack Barker (Australian rules footballer)

Jack Barker
Personal information
Date of birth 23 December 1917
Date of death 29 October 1989(1989-10-29) (aged 71)
Original team(s) Woodend
Height/Weight 185cm / 98 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937-1945 Hawthorn 113 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1945 season.

Jack Barker (23 December 1917 – 29 October 1989)[1] 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.

References

  1. "Jack Barker - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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