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Australian rules footballer
Jack Green
Green during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Jack Taylor Green
Date of birth (1919-08-26)26 August 1919
Date of death 23 July 1981(1981-07-23) (aged 61)
Original team(s) Northcote Stars
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1949 Collingwood 127 (63)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Taylor Green (26 August 1919 – 23 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Green, a follower and defender, was Collingwood's 19th man in the 1939 VFL Grand Final, which they lost to Melbourne. He was the son of Jack W. Green, who was a Collingwood premiership player in 1917. His own son, also named Jack, played in the VFL as well, for Collingwood in the 1960s. After leaving Collingwood he joined the Warragul Football Club, as playing coach.

References

  1. GREEN JACK TAYLOR
  2. "Jack T Green". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. AFL Tables: Jack Green
  4. The Argus,"Grand Final Teams", 29 September 1939, p. 16
  5. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  6. The Argus,"Bill Twomey moved well in first workout", 24 March 1950, p. 20


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