Jack Cockburn (26 December 1911 – 21 September 1990) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for

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in the

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(VFL) and for South Adelaide in the

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(SANFL). Cockburn started his SANFL career with South Adelaide in 1934, having previously played for Blyth as a teenager and young man in the

Stanley Football Association The Stanley Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based in the Clare Valley region of South Australia, Australia. It operated between 1915 and 1936 with breaks in 1916-17 and 1919 due to World War I. Brief history The ...

, where he won the A. E. Fryar Medal a record three times. He was a member of South Adelaide premiership teams in 1935 and 1938. The 1935 season also saw him win a

Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willi ...

for the league's

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player. By the time he retired in 1947 he had played 167 SANFL games and represented South Australia seven times at interstate football. He is a half back flanker in South Adelaide's official 'Team of the Century' and was inducted into the

South Australian Football Hall of Fame The South Australian Football Hall of Fame enshrines those who have made a most significant contribution to the game of Australian Football. The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 when 114 outstanding individuals became inaugural inductees. S ...

in 2003.''Jack Cockburn''
SA Football Hall of Fame. SANFL. Retrieved 30 May 2018. During World War II he was stationed in Melbourne and in 1943 was signed up by Essendon. He played in Essendon's five point Grand Final loss to Richmond that year. After playing for Essendon again in 1944, he transferred to Williamstown in the VFA and was ruck-rover in the 1945 premiership side, playing 15 games and kicking 8 goals in his sole season with the Seagulls. Cockburn returned to South Australia in 1946. Cockburn's daughter, Bronte Cockburn, played basketball for

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at the 1957 World Championship held in Brazil.Basketball Australia
''Opals History''
. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockburn, Jack Essendon Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Magarey Medal winners Australian rules footballers from South Australia

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South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees 1911 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen