Jack Chambers | |
Fullname: | John Moffatt Chambers |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1901 |
Birth Place: | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Death Place: | Parkdale, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Essendon |
Height: | 185 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1928 |
Years1: | 1924–1928 |
Club1: | Geelong |
Games Goals1: | 72 (59) |
John Moffatt Chambers (6 December 1901 – 1 July 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was inducted into the Geelong Hall of Fame in 2011.
A strong marking ruckman, Chambers was cleared to Geelong in 1924, having been on Essendon's list.[1]
Chambers was a half forward flanker in the Geelong team which won the 1925 VFL Grand Final, their first ever premiership.[2]
In 1926 Chambers represented Victoria in an interstate match against Western Australia in Perth.[3]
Chambers kicked a career best 28 goals in 1928, from 18 games, to finish as Geelong's leading goal-kicker.[4]
Chambers had a son, John Chambers, who played Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria as a batsman.[5]