Jack Watt (footballer, born 1907)

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Jack Watt
Personal information
Full name Jack Watt
Date of birth(1907-06-19)19 June 1907
Date of death 8 October 1997(1997-10-08) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Preston
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1928–29 Footscray 35 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Watt (19 June 1907 – 8 October 1997) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

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. 929. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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