Jack Cleary
Fitzroy
AFL career
3 games0 goals
- Debut
- R13 1932 v FSC30 July 1932
- Most recent
- R18 1932 v RCH3 Sept 1932
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the local Thornbury CYMS, Jack Cleary is best remembered today as the older brother of South Melbourne icon "Gentleman Jim" Cleary. Standing 182cm—a genuine key position height in the early 1930s—Cleary arrived at Fitzroy during the Great Depression era, joining a squad that boasted the legendary Haydn Bunton Sr. Despite his physical attributes offering promise as a tall utility or defender, he struggled to crack the senior side consistently, managing just three appearances in the 1932 season before slipping out of VFL circles. His brief tenure at the Brunswick Street Oval remains a historical footnote in a year defined by Bunton’s second Brownlow Medal triumph.
Profile
- Full name
- Jack J. Cleary
- Born
- 28 Aug 1911
- Died
- 14 Feb 1995 (aged 83y 170d)
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the local Thornbury CYMS, Jack Cleary is best remembered today as the older brother of South Melbourne icon "Gentleman Jim" Cleary. Standing 182cm—a genuine key position height in the early 1930s—Cleary arrived at Fitzroy during the Great Depression era, joining a squad that boasted the legendary Haydn Bunton Sr. Despite his physical attributes offering promise as a tall utility or defender, he struggled to crack the senior side consistently, managing just three appearances in the 1932 season before slipping out of VFL circles. His brief tenure at the Brunswick Street Oval remains a historical footnote in a year defined by Bunton’s second Brownlow Medal triumph.