Jack Broadstock was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1940s.

In just his sixth VFL game, Broadstock became a premiership player when he was the centreman in Richmond's winning 1943 Grand Final team. He played finals football again the following season and kicked three goals in a Semi Final loss to Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

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Broadstock had started his career at West Adelaide

West Adelaide Football Club

West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in...

 and returned there in 1947. He missed out on playing in their premiership side that year when he was suspended the week before for hacking at Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

 ruckman Bob McLean

Bob McLean (footballer)

Allan Robert Charles 'Bob' McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League . Affectionately referred to as 'Big Bob' McLean, he later became a long serving football...

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He captain-coached Boulder City to a Goldfields National Football League

Goldfields Football League

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 premiership in 1948, having spent the early part of the season at West Torrens

West Torrens Football Club

West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990...

. Broadstock returned to West Torrens the following season and was a losing Grand Finalist. Back at West Adelaide in 1950, he was captain coach for the year before announcing his retirement.