John Everett Wrout was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League.
12 Facts About Jack Wrout
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Jack Wrout married Nancy Jean Ryan, the sister of Reg Ryan, in 1935.
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Jack Wrout was educated at St Joseph's Christian Brothers' College, North Melbourne.
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On 10 July 1933, along with team-mate Charlie Gaudion, Jack Wrout was selected as one of the two men from the North Melbourne club in the VFL's representative team for the Eighth Australian National Football Carnival, to be held, in Sydney in the first two weeks of August; and it was speculated that he would be part of the First XVIII, and play on the half-forward flank.
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Ten minutes into North Melbourne's next home-and-away match, against Fitzroy, at the very muddy and heavy Brunswick Street Oval, on 15 July 1933, Jack Wrout, who was playing at centre half-forward, went down in a crush of players and broke his left leg.
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Jack Wrout's injury meant that he was unable to play for Victoria, and his place in the team was taken by Jim Adamson.
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Jack Wrout made his debut for Carlton in round 12,1936, and went on to play in 130 senior games, and score 266 goals over nine seasons.
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Jack Wrout missed most of the 1938 season with a knee injury suffered in round 5, but returned in the final home-and-away round and played throughout the finals.
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Jack Wrout broke his leg, just above the ankle, in the third quarter of his 97th consecutive game with Carlton, the final game of the 1944 home-and-away season.
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Jack Wrout later had a long administrative career at Carlton, serving as Vice-President and chairman of selectors.
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Jack Wrout was elected into the Carlton Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Jack Wrout died at St Vincent's Hospital, in Fitzroy, Victoria, on 16 June 1981.