Jack Flanigan
Jack Flanigan | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John George Flanigan (5) | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Oxley, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 30 September 1978 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Kialla, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Moyhu | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1930 | Hawthorn | 5 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John George Flanigan, uses the family name Flanagan (29 April 1905 – 30 September 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Throughout his career as a player, he played 5 games and scored 1 goal in that period of time.[2]
Flanigan finished third in the 1933 Ovens & King Football League best and fairest award, the John Hughes Medal, when playing with the Moyhu Football Club.[3]
Flanigan coached Beechworth in 1936 and 1937, which included the 1937 Ovens & King Football League premiership.[4]
He was the older brother of Bob Flanigan from Footscray and Essendon.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Jack Flanigan | Boyles Football Photos". www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "1933 - Best & Fairest Player". Flicker. Wangaratta Chronicle newspaper. 16 August 1933. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "1938 - Ovens & King League". Border Morning Mail. 7 July 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Kevin B Hill (26 September 2014). "Tougher than Bluestone Flanigan". KB On Reflection. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
5. John George (Jack) used the family name Flanagan, his words - "that is what is on my birth record, that is who I am", the family name in inconsistent in birth records, his VFL playing brother Robert Edwin (Bob, Bluestone) used Flanigan - Ray Canning (nephew)
External links
[edit]- Jack Flanigan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Flanigan at AustralianFootball.com