Jack Paterson (footballer)

For the South Melbourne and North Melbourne footballer, see Jack Patterson (footballer).

Jack Paterson
Personal information
Full name	John Black Paterson
Date of birth	(1900-12-06)6 December 1900
Place of birth	Boort, Victoria
Date of death	30 November 1975(1975-11-30) (aged 74)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Geelong College
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920, 1924–26	Geelong	23 (10)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Black Paterson (6 December 1900 – 30 November 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Robert Sturrock Paterson (1860–1938),^[2] and Isabelle Paterson, née Ison (1863–1942),^[3] John Black Paterson was born at Boort, Victoria on 6 December 1900.^[4]

He married Isabella May James (1902–1938) on 23 October 1929. They were divorced in 1936. He married Bernice Irma Dinse (1910–1970) in 1939.

Football

He played at centre half-forward in the Geelong Second XVIII team that won the 1923 Seconds' premiership, defeating Richmond, 9.12 (66) to 5.10 (40).^[5]

Military service

Paterson later served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[6] He was taken prisoner of war during fighting in Greece in 1941, and was held at Oflag VII-B in Eichstätt in Germany.^[7]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.690.
2. Deaths: Paterson, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 May 1938), p.10.
3. Deaths: Paterson, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 May 1942), p.2.
4. When he enlisted in the Second AIF (in October 1939) he declared that his date of birth was 6 December 1904.
5. Second Eighteen Wins Premiership: Richmond Well Beaten in the Grand Final: Geelong Plays with Seventeen Men, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 22 October 1923), p.7.
6. Nominal Roll.
7. Cullen (2015), p.424.

References

• PATERSON, John Black (1900–1975), Geelong College.
• Personal Notes, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1941), p.3.
• The A.I.F. Roll of Honor, The Age, (Tuesday, 29 July 1941), p.6.
• Missing Officers Located, The Argus, (Thursday, 31 July 1941), p.3.
• "World War II Nominal Roll: Lieutenant John Black Paterson (VX5070)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX5070: World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant John Blach (sic) Paterson (VX5070), National Archives of Australia.
• Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

• Jack Paterson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Paterson at AustralianFootball.com