Jack Hassett
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| Jack Hassett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cigarette card of Hassett in 1909 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Joseph Hassett | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 1942 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Liverpool, New South Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1902–05 | South Melbourne | 38 (22) | |
| 1907–09 | Geelong | 34 (29) | |
| Total | 72 (51) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack Hassett (15 August 1880 – 7 September 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Football
Hassett was a follower and his career had a degree of controversy.
Port Melbourne (VFA)
Despite the fact that he lived in Geelong, his first senior games were with Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association.[4][5]
South Melbourne (VFL)
Having returned to Geelong in 1901, he began playing with South Melbourne in 1902;[6] and, although the VFL permit committee apparently disapproved, nothing was done to prevent him.[7] Hassett went on to play a total of 38 games over three and a half seasons with South,[8] but controversy attended him once more when, after alleged involvement in misdemeanours during a trip to Sydney, he was sacked.[9][10]
North Broken Hill (BHFL)
In 1906, he played with the North Broken Hill Football Club in the Broken Hill Football League,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and, in Adelaide on Saturday 25 August, playing as the captain of the Combined Barrier Ranges Football team, he was best-on-the-ground (kicking 3 goals) in the team that lost to a combined SAFL side 6.7 (43) to 9.14 (68).[20] He returned to Victoria on 21 September 1906.[21]
Geelong (VFL)
On 12 June 1907, Hassett was cleared from Broken hill to play with Geelong,[22] and soon showed that he had lost none of his dash, agility and long kicking prowess.[23][24][25]
He spent a further three years with Geelong; and played a further 34 VFL games before his career ended after a serious ankle injury[26] and then failing to appear when selected a few weeks later.[27][28][29]
