Jack Leith

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jack Leith

| image = Jack Leith.JPG

| image_size = 100

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| caption = Australian rules footballer Jack Leith (b. 1872)

| fullname= John Goodwin Leith

| birth_date = 12 August 1872

| birth_place = Ballan, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|4|24|1872|8|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Northcote, Victoria

| originalteam = Carlton (VFA)

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| weight =

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| statsend = 1912

| years1 = 1892–95

| club1 = Carlton (VFA)

| games_goals1 = {{0}}49 {{0}}(24)

| years2 = 1896

| club2 = Melbourne (VFA)

| games_goals2 = {{0}}16 {{0}}(28)

| years3 = 1897–1908, 1911–12

| club3 = Melbourne

| games_goals3 = 133 (162)

| careerhighlights = * VFL premiership player: 1900

• VFL Leading Goalkicker: 1897
• 5× Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1896, 1897, 1899, 1902, 1907

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John Goodwin Leith (12 August 1872 – 24 April 1935){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Jack%2BLeith/1028|title=Jack Leith - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=27 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Leith was a forward and prior to joining Melbourne in the last Victorian Football Association (VFA) season in 1896 played with Carlton. He was a centre half forward in Melbourne's 1900 premiership team and topped the club's goalkicking on five occasions in his career: 1896, 1897, 1899, 1902 and 1907. When having a set shot at goal he used the place kick and once, in a game against St Kilda, kicked five goals from place kicks. He retired at the end of the 1908 season but returned to the league in 1911 when Melbourne were struggling, this time playing as a defender.{{Ref AFL Encyc|1st|250}}