Jack O'Brien (25 September 1887 – 8 March 1959) 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 for

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and

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A premiership player in his debut season, O'Brien played from the

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in Essendon's 1912 VFL Grand Final triumph. He was also used as a follower and returned to his original club South Ballarat for the second half of the 1913 season. After playing at Fitzroy in 1917 and 1918, O'Brien crossed to Northcote in 1919.

References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. 1887 births 1959 deaths Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club premiership players Fitzroy Football Club players Northcote Football Club players South Ballarat Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1887-stub