Jack Plunkett

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jack Plunkett

| image =

| fullname = John Plunkett

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|12|16|1911|1|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Norlane, Victoria

| height = 170 cm

| weight = 67 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1928–1930

| club1 = Geelong

| games_goals1 = 26 (58)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Jack Plunkett (5 January 1911 – 16 December 1985){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Jack%2BPlunkett/4813|title=Jack Plunkett - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=19 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong 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 | location = Melbourne | isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Plunkett was just 17 when he debuted in the 1928 VFL season.{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jack_Plunkett.html |title=AFL Tables: Jack Plunkett |website=afltables.com}} He was Geelong's leading goal-kicker in 1929, with 29 goals, six of which game in a win over Fitzroy.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004 | location = Melbourne | isbn=978-0-9580300-5-2}}

Plunkett later served in the Australian Army during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=422749&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: John Plunkett |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}