Jack Farrell (Australian footballer)

Jack Farrell
Jack Farrell
	Farrell in 1902
Personal information
Full name	John Farrell
Date of birth	3 January 1872
Place of birth	Maryborough, Victoria
Date of death	28 June 1953 (aged 81)
Place of death	West Melbourne, Victoria [1]
Original team(s)	Coolgardie
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 10, 2019

Jack Farrell (3 January 1872 – 28 June 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ "Family Notices". The Age (30628). Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1953. p. 9.
↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5 .

External links

Jack Farrell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Jack Farrell's profile at Collingwood Forever

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[1] "Family Notices". The Age (30628). Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1953. p. 9.

[2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5 .