Jack Finck

Jack Finck
Personal information
Full name	Jack Finck
Date of birth	21 January 1930
Date of death	31 October 2012 (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Heathmere
Height / weight	184 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951–54	Collingwood	53 (8)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.

Jack Finck (21 January 1930 – 31 October 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.^[1]

Finck, who Collingwood recruited from Heathmere, was a key position defender. As a result he kicked just eight goals in his career but half of them came in a single match, when he helped his side to defeat Carlton at Princes Park in 1953. Later that year, Finck, having missed out on a premiership in 1952 when Collingwood lost the Grand Final, got another opportunity when he was their full-back in the team which defeated Geelong in the decider.

After just four seasons and despite being aged just 24, Finck retired, citing the long commute from Portland for home games.

References

1. "Collingwood mourns the loss of Jack Finck - Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club". Collingwoodfc.com.au. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

• Jack Finck's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.