Jack Plunkett (5 January 1911 – 16 December 1985) 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 with

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Plunkett was just 17 when he debuted in the

1928 VFL season The 1928 VFL season was the 32nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 21 April to 29 September, comprising an 18 ...

. He was Geelong's leading goal-kicker in 1929, with 29 goals, six of which game in a win over Fitzroy. Plunkett later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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* * 1911 births 1985 deaths Geelong Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Geelong Australian military personnel of World War II Military personnel from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1911-stub