Jack Danckert 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 with South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1940s.

Danckert was a defender who was unable to command regular selection while at South Melbourne, never playing more than five games in a single season. He played as a half back flanker in the 1945 VFL Grand Final

1945 VFL Grand Final

The 1945 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at Princes Park in Melbourne on 29 September 1945. It was the 49th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers...

 against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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, in what was just his ninth league appearance. The grand final, which South Melbourne lost, is referred to as being a "Bloodbath" and Danckert was one of the victims when he was felled by Carlton ruckman Rod McLean

Rod McLean

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He didn't feature at all in the 1946 VFL season

1946 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1946.-Premiership season:In 1946, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

 and played just four games in 1947. The following year he signed with Victorian Football Association

Victorian Football League

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 (VFA) club Williamstown

Williamstown Football Club

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 and made 64 appearances for them in three seasons. Danckert was a back pocket defender

Back pocket

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 in Williamstown's 1949 premiership team and won their "Best and Fairest" award in 1950. He was a VFA representative at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival

1950 Brisbane Carnival

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