Jack Mathisen
Hawthorn
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R13 1942 v STK1 Aug 1942
- Most recent
- R14 1942 v FSC8 Aug 1942
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the coastal town of Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula, Jack Mathisen was a typical example of the "fill-in" players who kept the league running during the darkest days of the Second World War. A mid-sized utility standing 178cm, he was called into the Hawthorn side late in the 1942 season, a chaotic year where the club struggled significantly due to player shortages and the unavailability of grounds. Mathisen made his debut in Round 13 against St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval and held his spot for just one more match against Footscray the following week before dropping out of the side. His VFL career was confined entirely to that brief wartime window, leaving him as one of the many short-term servants of the club whose top-level football journey was likely curtailed by the military and logistical demands of the era.
Profile
- Born
- 22 Sept 1921
- Died
- 17 Dec 1983 (aged 62y 86d)
- Birthplace
- Sorrento, VIC
- Deathplace
- Camberwell, VIC
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 76 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the coastal town of Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula, Jack Mathisen was a typical example of the "fill-in" players who kept the league running during the darkest days of the Second World War. A mid-sized utility standing 178cm, he was called into the Hawthorn side late in the 1942 season, a chaotic year where the club struggled significantly due to player shortages and the unavailability of grounds. Mathisen made his debut in Round 13 against St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval and held his spot for just one more match against Footscray the following week before dropping out of the side. His VFL career was confined entirely to that brief wartime window, leaving him as one of the many short-term servants of the club whose top-level football journey was likely curtailed by the military and logistical demands of the era.