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Key Facts

Full name
Jack Finck

Known as
Jack Finck

Born
21 January 1930

Died
31 October 2012 (aged 82)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 90d
Last game: 24y 219d

Height and weight
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Senior clubs
Collingwood

Jumper numbers
Collingwood: 6, 35, 5

Jack Finck

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
CollingwoodV/AFL1951-19545380.1568%7.50—2.505
Total1951-19545380.1568%7.50—2.505

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 6,063rd player to appear, 4,214th most games played, 5,446th most goals kickedCollingwood: 538th player to appear, 340th most games played, 481st most goals kicked

Jack Finck was a dashing, dependable key position defender who might feasibly have achieved more had he not opted to retire, somewhat prematurely, at the age of just 24. As it was, he played 53 VFL games and scored eight goals for the Magpies between 1951 and 1954, with the undoubted highlight coming in 1953 when he lined up at full back for the team’s 11.11 to 8.17 grand final defeat of Geelong. His reason for retiring was that he found the journeys from his home in Hamilton to Melbourne and back excessively irksome and tiring.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.