Jack Scott (Australian rules footballer)

Jack Scott
Personal information
Full name John Henry Scott
Date of birth (1915-10-27)27 October 1915
Place of birth Morwell, Victoria
Date of death 19 July 1997(1997-07-19) (aged 81)
Place of death Traralgon, Victoria
Original team(s) Morwell, Traralgon
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88.5 kg (195 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1945 Richmond 86 (43)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Henry Scott (27 October 1915 – 19 July 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL from 1939 to 1945 for the Richmond Football Club.[1]

Scott won the 1938 Central Gippsland Football League’s Rodda Medal when playing for Traralgon,[2] before heading down to Melbourne to play with Richmond.

Scott played in two consecutive VFL grand finals for the Tigers in 1942, going down to Essendon by 53 points, then in Richmond’s winning 1943 VFL grand final side, when they defeated the Bombers by 5 points.

He also played for Williamstown in the VFA in 1941 after playing three of the first four games of the VFL season with the Tigers, and was then 'loaned' back to Richmond in 1942 for the duration of the VFA's recess for the Second World War. Scott returned to Williamstown in 1945 and played in five of the first eight rounds before being swapped back to the VFL Tigers in exchange for champion rover and goalkicker, Dick Harris. Scott played a total of 15 games for the VFA Seagulls in 1941 and 1945 without kicking a goal.

Scott played in Hazelwood's 1951 and 46 year drought breaking Mid Gippsland Football League grand final victory,[3] but as he only played two of the three required qualifying matches, the premiership was declared null and void.[4]

References

  1. ^ Paul Hogan (1996). The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club Between 1908 and 1996. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-04-796132-8. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ "1938 - Traralgon's Football Idol". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 1 October 1938. p. 66. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ "1954 - Hazelwood Premiers". Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic). 13 September 1951. p. 9. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ "1951 - MID-GIPPSLAND PREMIERSHIP". Narracan Shire Advocate (Moe, Vic). 28 September 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2024.


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