Jack Shorten

Jack Shorten
Personal information
Full name	John F. Shorten
Date of birth	30 November 1887
Date of death	9 October 1958 (aged 70)
Original team(s)	Royal Australian Artillery
Height / weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909–10, 1912–13	Collingwood	60 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.

John 'Jack' Shorten (30 November 1887 - 9 October 1958)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Shorten was the centre half back in Collingwood's 1910 premiership team. His involvement in a second half melee kept him out of action for the entire 1911 season as he received a 28 games suspension for striking, exactly the same punishment handed out to Carlton's Percy Sheehan. It remains the longest suspension ever for a Collingwood player.

References

1. "Jack Shorten". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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