Jack Worrall

Jack Worrall
Personal information
Full name	John Worrall
Date of birth	(1861-06-20)20 June 1861
Place of birth	Maryborough, Victoria
Date of death	17 November 1937(1937-11-17) (aged 76)
Place of death	Fairfield, Victoria
Original team(s)	South Ballarat
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1883–1884	South Ballarat	5 (2)
1884–1887; 1889–1893	Fitzroy	90 (132)
Total		95 (134)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1902–1909	Carlton	144 (100–43–1)
1911–1920	Essendon	135 (65–67–3)
Total		279 (165–110–4)
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1920.
Career highlights
VFA Fitzroy captain 1886–1887, 1889–1892 VFL Carlton premiership coach 1906, 1907, 1908 Essendon premiership coach 1911, 1912
Source: AustralianFootball.com

John Worrall (20 June 1861 – 17 November 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA, and a Test cricketer. He was also a prominent coach in both sports and a journalist.^[1]

A small, nuggety man with broad shoulders, pink complexion and intense brown eyes, Worrall was one of Australia's great all-round sports people of the nineteenth century, and was involved in Australian football and cricket at the elite level for many decades. After his retirement, he coached both sports, and is considered the "father" of Australian football coaching. Worrall had an extended career as a sporting journalist, and he was a highly respected member of the press box right up until his death in 1937. He was no stranger to conflict, and his forthright manner embroiled him in a number of sporting controversies throughout his lifetime.