Jack Shorten (Australian rules footballer)

Jack Shorten
Shorten in 1910
Personal information
Full name	John Francis Shorten
Date of birth	30 November 1887
Place of birth	Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death	9 October 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 70)
Place of death	Sunshine, Victoria
Original team(s)	Royal Australian Artillery
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909–10, 1912–13	Collingwood	60 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John 'Jack' Shorten (30 November 1887 – 9 October 1958)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Shorten was the centre half back in Collingwood's 1910 premiership team. His involvement in a second half melee kept him out of action for the entire 1911 season as he received a 28 games suspension for striking, exactly the same punishment handed out to Carlton's Percy Sheehan. It remains the longest suspension ever for a Collingwood player.

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• Jack Shorten's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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