John Patrick Power (16 March 1910 – 26 September 1988) 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

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and Collingwood in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). The son of policeman John Joseph Power (1873–1953) and Mary Elizabeth Power, nee Cull (1876–1966), John Patrick Power was born in Bendigo on 16 March 1910.

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* 1910 births 1988 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1910-stub