Jack Grant

Who is Jack Grant?

Jack W. Grant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

Grant usually played on the half forward or half back flank.

He had exceptional pace, winning the 1938 130-yard Stawell Gift in eleven and eleven-sixteenths of a second, off a handicap of 11½ yards.

A member of Geelong's premiership team in 1937, Grant won their best and fairest award in 1939 and was their leading goalkicker in 1940 with 47 goals. In 1942 he moved to Fitzroy and spent two seasons with the club, topping their goalkicking in 1942 with 43 goals. He returned to Geelong in 1945 and captained them the following season.