Jack O'Brien (25 September 1887 – 8 March 1959) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
and
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
A premiership player in his debut season, O'Brien played from the
back pocket
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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
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*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
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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