Vale Jack Green
1967-69
Games 18 Goals 2

The Collingwood Football Club has been saddened to learn of the death of former 1960s player Jack Green.

Jack and his family hold a remarkable place in our Club’s history, with a grandfather, father and son all having pulled on the guernsey – and all being named Jack Green!

The ‘original’ Jack Green was a half-back who played 108 games between 1911 and 1918, including the 1917 Premiership. One of his sons, named Jack, played 127 games for the Pies as a tough defender between 1938 and 1949. And one of his sons, also named Jack, was the one who continued carrying the family tradition in the 1960s.

Jack came to Victoria Park from Broadford in 1964 and over the next handful of years managed to play 18 senior games as well as 49 with the reserves and 23 with the under-19s.

Like his father, Jack was a tough, strongly-built and uncompromising half-back. He was as tough as nails, and loved nothing more than bursting through a pack or a tackle and clearing his defensive lines with a booming drop kick.

After his Collingwood career ended in 1969 he spent time with Cooee in Tasmania, Preston in the VFA and Epping, before returning home and becoming a legend with the Broadford Kangaroos, with whom he won a flag in 1984.

The Board, management, staff, coaches and players of the Collingwood Football Club would like to acknowledge Jack Green’s contribution to our club, as well as that of his father and grandfather. Our thoughts are with his family, and his friends from Collingwood, Broadford and beyond.

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To read Jack’s full story and the stats from his career, check his bio on Forever: