Jack Hacker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack R. Hacker | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1914 | ||
Place of birth | New South Wales | ||
Date of death | 17 September 1984 | (aged 70)||
Original team(s) | Oaklands | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1937–1944 | South Melbourne | 111 (7) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jack Hacker (19 April 1914 – 17 September 1984) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
Hacker, a defender who could play in the ruck, was recruited by South Melbourne from Oaklands in New South Wales. [3] [4] He won South Melbourne's "most improved player" award in 1938 and went on to play 111 league games for the club. [5] [6] This included two finals in 1942, a semi final win over Footscray and preliminary final loss to Essendon. [7] [8] A knee injury kept him on the sidelines in 1945 and he also wasn't able to play senior football the following year. [9] [10]
His brother, Alf Hacker, played for fellow VFL club North Melbourne. [3]
Hacker was appointed playing coach of Hampden Football League club Camperdown in 1947 and led the team to the grand final, which they lost to Warrnambool. [11] [12]
He was captain-coach of Camperdown again in 1948, when they narrowly missed out on making another grand final, with a seven-point loss to South Warrnambool in the preliminary final. [13]
In 1949 he coached Shepparton to a premiership in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League. [14]