John Herbert Pemberton (11 January 1883 – 29 May 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond 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). Perberton was a medium sized man who was a very good runner, in 1904 he won the Colac Gift.

Playing career

Pemberton made three senior appearances for Richmond in their inaugural VFL season, all of which they lost. He subsequently played for North Melbourne and Northcote in the Victorian Football Association.

Coaching career

In 1931

Norm Clark Norman Childers "Hackenschmidt" Clark (12 November 1878 – 26 December 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1905 and 1912. Family The son of Edward ...

was appointed coach of but after 10 games in which resulted in ten losses he resigned. John Pemberton stepped in to be caretaker coach for the rest of the 1931 VFL season. As coach of

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he was in charge for eight games. North Melbourne lost each of them as well, meaning that Pemberton failed to experience a win either as a player or coach in the VFL. In 1932 he became a team selector for the club.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242895290?searchTerm=jack%20pemberton

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Jack Pemberton's playing statistics
from The VFA Project 1883 births Richmond Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players Northcote Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1968 deaths {{AFL-bio-1883-stub