fullname heightweight death_date years clubs article_title position statsend coachyears originalteam birth_date coachclubs debutinformation name
jack knight 183 cm / 80 kg 17 july 1976 1934-1940 1941-1942 '' ` total '' ' collingwood st kilda jack knight -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 ruckman 1942 1941 south bendigo 21 november 1912 st kilda round at lake oval 1 , 1934 , collingwood vs south melbourne jack knight
jack knight -lrb- footballer -rrb-

jack ` cracker ' knight -lrb- 21 november 1912 - 17 july 1976 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with collingwood and both played for and coached st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
a ruckman from south bendigo , knight was n't selected in collingwood 's 1935 premiership team despite playing in the preliminary final .
he made up for it by participating in the 1936 grand final , where he played in a forward pocket and kicked a goal in the win .
disappointment followed in 1937 when a six-week suspension for striking ron baggott of melbourne in the prelim cost him another grand final place but he would appear in the next two season 's premiership deciders .
knight transferred to st kilda in 1941 as captain-coach but the club struggled and although he stayed on for another season , it was as a player only .
