years death_date clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1939-40 , 1944-46 15 june 1978 hawthorn 1946 jack blackman tooronga 29 january 1920 jack blackman
 177cm / 85 kg
jack blackman

jack blackman -lrb- 29 january 1920 - 15 june 1978 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for hawthorn in the vfl during the 1940s .
blackman was a centre half back and first played for hawthorn in 1939 .
he did n't play between 1940 and 1944 due to his war service in the navy .
when he returned in 1944 he did not miss a game all season and won hawthorn 's best and fairest .
in 1947 , blackman crossed to victorian football association club preston as captain-coach without a clearance .
he played there under throw-pass rules for three years , and he won the j. j. liston trophy in 1949 .
the following year he transferred to play for horsham .
