Jack Beveridge
FullnameJohn Robert Beveridge
Birth date8 May 1907
Birth placeCollingwood, Victoria
Death date30 June 1986 (aged 79)
Death placeMoorabbin Hospital,
Bentleigh East, Victoria
Height177 cm
Weight77 kg
Statsend1936
Years 11926–1934
Club 1Collingwood
Games goals 1148 (44)
Years 21935–1936
Club 2West Perth
Games goals 231 (20)
Careerhighlights

John Robert Beveridge (8 May 1907 – 30 June 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Family

The son of Paul Robert Beveridge (1876–1943)[1] and Catherine Mary Beveridge (1875–1961), née Prendeville, John Robert Beveridge was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 8 May 1907.

He married Mercia Griffiths Payne (1907–1986)[2] in 1936.

Beveridge's grandson, Luke Beveridge, also played football at VFL/AFL level and currently coaches the Western Bulldogs who he coached to the 2016 AFL premiership.

Football

Beveridge played as a centreman and was noted for his handballing skills. He finished equal seventh in the 1933 Brownlow Medal and was a member of the Collingwood side which won four premierships in a row under Jock McHale.[3]

After leaving Collingwood he joined West Perth in the WANFL and helped them to win their second consecutive premiership.[4]

In 1937 he moved to Tasmania and was captain-coach of Launceston, the club winning the NTFA premiership for the fifth consecutive season and also the State premiership for that season.[5]

In 1938, Beveridge was captain-coach of Horsham and led them to the Wimmera Football League premiership.[6]

Death

He died at the Moorabbin Hospital in Bentleigh East, Victoria on 30 June 1986.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Deaths: Beveridge, The Age, (Saturday, 6 March 1943), p.8.
  2. ^ Funeral Notices: Beveridge, The Age, (Monday, 30 June 1986), p.19.
  3. ^ Footballers Figure in Handball Surprise, The Herald, (Monday, 26 March 1934), p.15.
  4. ^ "LEAGUE FOOTBALL. WEST PERTH'S PREMIERSHIP.". Western Mail. Vol. 50, no. 2,591. 17 October 1935. p. 30. Retrieved 23 January 2018. – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Launceston's Splendid Win in State Football Premiership". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCVI, no. 176. 4 October 1937. p. 11 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY). Retrieved 23 January 2018. – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "1938 - Horsham Beats Stawell to Gain Wimmera League Pennant". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 27 September 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  7. ^ Deaths: Beveridge, The Age, (Thursday, 3 July 1986), p.27.