Jack Flanigan

Jack Flanigan
Personal information
Full name	John George Flanigan (5)
Date of birth	(1905-04-29)29 April 1905
Place of birth	Oxley, Victoria
Date of death	30 September 1978(1978-09-30) (aged 73)
Place of death	Kialla, Victoria
Original team(s)	Moyhu
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930	Hawthorn	5 (1)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John George Flanigan, uses the family name Flanagan (29 April 1905 – 30 September 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Throughout his career as a player, he played 5 games and scored 1 goal in that period of time.[2]

Flanigan finished third in the 1933 Ovens & King Football League best and fairest award, the John Hughes Medal, when playing with the Moyhu Football Club.[3]

Flanigan coached Beechworth in 1936 and 1937, which included the 1937 Ovens & King Football League premiership.[4]

He was the older brother of Bob Flanigan from Footscray and Essendon.[5]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "Jack Flanigan | Boyles Football Photos". www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
3. "1933 - Best & Fairest Player". Flicker. Wangaratta Chronicle newspaper. 16 August 1933. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
4. "1938 - Ovens & King League". Border Morning Mail. 7 July 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
5. Kevin B Hill (26 September 2014). "Tougher than Bluestone Flanigan". KB On Reflection. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

5. John George (Jack) used the family name Flanagan, his words - "that is what is on my birth record, that is who I am", the family name in inconsistent in birth records, his VFL playing brother Robert Edwin (Bob, Bluestone) used Flanigan - Ray Canning (nephew)

External links

• Jack Flanigan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Flanigan at AustralianFootball.com