Jack Barker (Australian rules footballer)
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Jack Barker was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn
in the VFL
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Barker was a centre half back and won Hawthorn's 'Best and Fairest'
award in 1942. Off the field he worked as a fireman and once played a game despite suffering smoke inhalation the previous night.http://www.hawkheadquarters.com/player.aspx?playerid=222&view=default
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
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Barker was a centre half back and won Hawthorn's 'Best and Fairest'
Peter Crimmins Medal
The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season.Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing 1966-1975...
award in 1942. Off the field he worked as a fireman and once played a game despite suffering smoke inhalation the previous night.http://www.hawkheadquarters.com/player.aspx?playerid=222&view=default