Jack Brain (20 June 1920 – 25 January 2014) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jack Brain
Personal information
Full name Jack Brain
Date of birth (1920-06-20)20 June 1920
Place of birth Trafalgar, Victoria
Date of death 25 January 2014(2014-01-25) (aged 93)
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–42, 1946–48 Hawthorn 58 (25)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

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Brain served as a signalman in the Australian Army during the Second World War.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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