Jack Grant
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Jack W. Grant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong
and Fitzroy in the VFL
.
Grant usually played on the half forward or half back flanks.
He had exceptional pace, winning the 1938, 130-yard Stawell Gift
in eleven and eleven-sixteenths of a second, off a handicap of 11½ yards.
A member of Geelong's premiership team in 1937, Grant won their best and fairest
award in 1939 and was their leading goalkicker in 1940 with 47 goals. In 1942 he moved to Fitzroy and spent two seasons with the club, topping their goalkicking in 1942 with 43 goals. He returned to Geelong in 1945 and captained them the following season.
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
and Fitzroy in the VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
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Grant usually played on the half forward or half back flanks.
He had exceptional pace, winning the 1938, 130-yard Stawell Gift
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
in eleven and eleven-sixteenths of a second, off a handicap of 11½ yards.
A member of Geelong's premiership team in 1937, Grant won their best and fairest
Carji Greeves Medal
The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season....
award in 1939 and was their leading goalkicker in 1940 with 47 goals. In 1942 he moved to Fitzroy and spent two seasons with the club, topping their goalkicking in 1942 with 43 goals. He returned to Geelong in 1945 and captained them the following season.