Jack Worrall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Worrall

Australian cricketer and AFL coach

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1861

Place of Birth: Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1937

Profession: cricketer, Australian rules footballer, Australian rules football coach

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John "Jack" Worrall (20 June 1861 – 17 November 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA, and a Test cricketer.
He was also a prominent coach in both sports and a journalist.A small, nuggety man with broad shoulders, pink complexion and intense brown eyes, Worrall was one of Australia's great all-round sports people of the nineteenth century, and was involved in Australian football and cricket at the elite level for many decades.
After his retirement, he coached both sports, and is considered the "father" of Australian football coaching.
Worrall had an extended career as a sporting journalist, and he was a highly respected member of the press box right up until his death in 1937.
He was no stranger to conflict, and his forthright manner embroiled him in a number of sporting controversies throughout his lifetime.