Jack Shorten

Jack Shorten
Personal information
Full name	John F. Shorten
Date of birth	30 November 1887
Date of death	9 October 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 70)
Original team(s)	Royal Australian Artillery
Height / weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
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

↑ "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.

Collingwood Football Club 1910 VFL premiers

Collingwood 9.7 (61) defeated Carlton 6.11 (47), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Angus (c) Baxter Daykin Gibb Gilchrist Hughes Lee McHale McIvor Norris Oliver Rowell Ryan Sadler Scaddan Shorten Vernon Wilson

Coach: Angus

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