| Jack Green | |
| Fullname: | John William Green |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Birregurra, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Kew East, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Barwon Downs |
| Debutdate: | Round 6, 6 June 1908 |
| Debutteam: | Geelong |
| Debutopponent: | St Kilda |
| Debutstadium: | Corio Oval |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Position: | half-back flank |
| Statsend: | 1922 |
| Years1: | 1908 |
| Club1: | Geelong (VFL) |
| Games Goals1: | 2 (0) |
| Years2: | 1911–1918 |
| Club2: | Collingwood (VFL) |
| Games Goals2: | 108 (6) |
| Years3: | 1919–1922 |
| Club3: | Brighton (VFA) |
| Games Goals3: | 32 (2) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 142 (8) |
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John William Green (28 August 1887 - 6 May 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL),[1] and for the Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[2]
The son of Thomas Henry Green (1850-1925),[3] and Jane Green (1859-1936), née Wilson,[4] [5] John William Green was born at Birregurra, Victoria, on 28 August 1887.
He married Jessie May Battle (1887–1959), in Collingwood, on 6 February 1915.[6]
John William Green is one of four Jack Green's to have played VFL/AFL football; the others are:
Green played two games for Geelong in 1908.
After two seasons out of the VFL, Green was granted a clearance from Geelong on 17 May 1911,[7] and he went on to play for Collingwood from 1911 to 1918.[8]
Green played in four Grand Finals for Collingwood: the 6 point loss to Essendon in 1911, the 33 point loss to Carlton in 1915, the 35 point win over Fitzroy in 1917, and the 5 point loss to South Melbourne in 1918.
In 1919 he was appointed captain-coach of Brighton in the VFA.[9] [10]
He died at Kew East, Victoria on 6 May 1963.[11]