| Jack O'Rourke | |
| Fullname: | Ignatius John O'Rourke |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Cororooke, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Richmond, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Kooweerup |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Statsend: | 1927 |
| Years1: | 1920–24 |
| Games Goals1: | 29 (21) |
| Years2: | 1925–27 |
| Games Goals2: | 34 (41) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 63 (62) |
Ignatius John "Jack" O'Rourke (15 January 1899 – 13 May 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868-1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867-1933),[2] Ignatius John O'Rourke was born at Cororooke, Victoria on 15 January 1899.
His brother, Frank O'Rourke, played for Carlton and Fitzroy.
He married Beryl Josine Morden (1901-1996) in 1926. Both their sons, John Brian "Jack" O'Rourke (1928-2008) and Basil Joseph O'Rourke (1930-2017), played for Richmond in the VFL.
His brother-in-law, Jim Morden played for St Kilda, and another brother-in-law, Clem Morden, played for St Kilda and for Collingwood in the VFL.
He was granted a clearance to the Horsham Football Club in the Wimmera District Football Association in 1928.[3] [4] [5]