Jackie Huggard

Jackie Huggard
Personal information
Full name John Maxwell Huggard
Date of birth (1926-01-28)28 January 1926
Date of death 28 April 2016(2016-04-28) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Cobram, Essendon Stars
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945 Essendon 1 (0)
1946 North Melbourne 7 (3)
Total 8 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Maxwell "Jackie" Huggard (28 January 1926 28 April 2016)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] He won Essendon's reserves best and fairest in 1945. He worked as an engineer for Trans Australia Airlines. Huggard's father, Jack, played VFL football for Richmond.

Notes

  1. Mention of Jackie Huggard's death
  2. Obituary in the Herald Sun, 2 May 2016
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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