Jack Hacker
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1914–1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jack Hacker
| image = Jack Hacker.jpg
| image_size = 150
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = Jack R. Hacker
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|17|1914|4|19|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Oaklands
| height = 173 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1944
| years1 = 1937–1944
| club1 = South Melbourne
| games_goals1 = 111 (7)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Jack Hacker (19 April 1914 – 17 September 1984){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/jack+hacker/6231|title=Australian Football – Jack Hacker – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=5 January 2015}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}
Career
=South Melbourne=
Hacker, a defender who could play in the ruck, was recruited by South Melbourne from Oaklands in New South Wales.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164972074 |title=South Completes "Hat-Trick". |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Emerald Hill, Vic. |date=7 August 1943 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164481339 |title=Guide to South Football Prospects. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill)|location=Emerald Hill, Vic. |date=13 March 1937 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} He won South Melbourne's "most improved player" award in 1938 and went on to play 111 league games for the club.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142873872 |title=Oaklands News. |newspaper=The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser|location=NSW |date=10 January 1939 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jack_Hacker_gm.html|title=Jack Hacker – Games Played|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=5 January 2015}} This included two finals in 1942, a semi final win over Footscray and preliminary final loss to Essendon.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2013-07-31/jim-mains-classic-matches-sf-1942|title=Jim Main's Classic Matches - SF, 1942|last=Main|first=Jim|date=31 July 2013|publisher=sydneyswans.com.au|access-date=5 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1942/051619420912.html|title=AFL Tables - Essendon v South Melbourne - Sat, 12-Sep-1942 2:30 PM - Match Stats|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=5 January 2015}} A knee injury kept him on the sidelines in 1945 and he also wasn't able to play senior football the following year.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165041441 |title=Jack Hacker Refuses to Give in. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill)|location=Emerald Hill, Vic. |date=8 September 1945 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165040091 |title=Training Begins for South Footballers. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill)|location=Emerald Hill, Vic. |date=8 March 1947 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
His brother, Alf Hacker, played for fellow VFL club North Melbourne.
=Coaching=
Hacker was appointed playing coach of Hampden Football League club Camperdown in 1947 and led the team to the grand final, which they lost to Warrnambool.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65240633 |title=Football Coach Appointed. |newspaper=Camperdown Chronicle|location=Victoria |date=3 March 1947 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=1|edition=Afternoons|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65242656 |title=League President's Congratulations. |newspaper=The Camperdown Chronicle |location=Victoria |date=8 September 1947 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=2|edition=Afternoons|via=National Library of Australia}}
He was captain-coach of Camperdown again in 1948, when they narrowly missed out on making another grand final, with a seven-point loss to South Warrnambool in the preliminary final.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30153072 |title=South Win Football Final After Gruelling Struggle. |newspaper=Camperdown Chronicle|location=Victoria |date=6 September 1948 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1949 he coached Shepparton to a premiership in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23571787 |title=Hacker Leads Team To Premiership. |newspaper=Camperdown Chronicle |location=Victoria |date=23 September 1949 |access-date=5 January 2015 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables | J/Jack_Hacker }}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Category:Camperdown Football Club players
Category:Camperdown Football Club coaches
Category:Shepparton Football Club players