Jack Barnett (footballer)

Henry John Barnett (25 July 1899 – 31 January 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jack Barnett
Personal information
Full name Henry John Barnett
Date of birth (1899-07-25)25 July 1899
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death 31 January 1979(1979-01-31) (aged 79)
Place of death New South Wales
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–26 Richmond 13 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barnett enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in August 1928 and served until July 1954, being stationed at RAAF Base Richmond for most of that time.[2]

Barnett first played senior football on the west coast of Tasmania with the Gormanston Football Club, which played in the Lyell Miners Football Association, based in Queenstown. The large mines in the region supplied sufficient players for 9 teams.[3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. "EARLY FOOTBALL". Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 – 1954). 12 July 1933. p. 8 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
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