Jack Dorgan

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Jack Dorgan

| fullname = John Walter Dorgan

| nickname = Black Jack

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|9|2|1926|11|8|df=yes}}

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| statsend = 1949

| years1 = 1949

| club1 = Melbourne

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John Walter 'Jack' Dorgan (8 November 1926 – 2 September 2001){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/jack%2Bdorgan/20382|title=Jack Dorgan - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=12 October 2018}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1949.

After leaving the VFL, Dorgan was cleared to Richmond before playing for the Williamstown Rovers in 1950 before moving to play for Echuca in 1951, winning their best and fairest award.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122450225 |title=Dorgan Takes Echuca Best and Fairest|newspaper=The Riverine Herald |issue=23,044 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 October 1951 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} He later played for and coached Echuca East{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117129221 |title=J. Dorgan Cleared to Echuca East|newspaper=The Riverine Herald |issue=23,503 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 March 1953 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} and was awarded a life membership of Echuca in 1999.

For many years, Jack's brother Jim was officially credited with playing the three games for Melbourne in 1949 as well as over one hundred games for South Melbourne. A third brother, Frank, was a premiership winning coach of the Williamstown Rovers.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117136330 |title=Jack Dorgan Again Coach of Echuca East|newspaper=The Riverine Herald |issue=23,691 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 December 1953 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}