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Jack Taylor Green (26 August 1919 – 23 July 1981) was an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).AFL Tables: Jack Green
/ref> Green, a follower and defender, was Collingwood's 19th man in the
1939 VFL Grand Final The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 41st annual Grand ...
, which they lost to Melbourne. He was the son of Jack W. Green, who was a Collingwood premiership player in 1917. His own son, also named Jack, played in the VFL as well, for Collingwood in the 1960s. After leaving Collingwood he joined the Warragul Football Club, as playing coach.'' The Argus'
"Bill Twomey moved well in first workout"
24 March 1950, p. 20


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1919 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Warragul Football Club players 1981 deaths {{AFL-bio-1919-stub