| Position: | Defence |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 181 |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Brooklyn Americans Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1936 |
| Career End: | 1942 1945–1948 |
John Herbert Church (May 24, 1915 – January 5, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 130 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and Brooklyn Americans between 1938 and 1946. He was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan.
Church scored two goals in his lone season with the Boston Bruins. Curiously, both came against his former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1932–33 | Regina Maple Leafs | S-SJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1933–34 | Regina Maple Leafs | S-SJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1933–34 | Regina Victorias | S-SSHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1934–35 | Toronto Dominion Bank | TIHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1935–36 | Toronto Dominion Bank | TIHL | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Toronto Dukes | TIHL | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1936–37 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1937–38 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1938–39 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 52 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1941–42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Brooklyn Americans | NHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–42 | Cornwall Army | OHA Sr | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 102 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1945–46 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1946–47 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL | 64 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1947–48 | Providence Reds | AHL | 64 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| IAHL/AHL totals | 273 | 16 | 46 | 62 | 335 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | ||||
| NHL totals | 130 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 154 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||