Jack Barker (Australian rules footballer)
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Personal information | |
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Birth | December 23, 1917, |
Recruited from | Woodend |
Height and weight | 185cm / 98 kg |
Playing career¹ | |
Debut | 1937, Hawthorn vs. , at |
Team(s) | Hawthorn (1937-45)
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¹ Statistics to end of 1945 season | |
Career highlights | |
Jack Barker (born December 23, 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL.
Barker was a centre half back and won the Peter Crimmins Medal for Hawthorn's best and fairest player in 1942. Off the field he worked as a fireman and once played a game despite suffering smoke inhalation the previous night.[1]