Jack Monohan was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

.

Playing career

Monohan was part of Collingwood's inaugural VFL season and also played for the club while they were in the VFA. Renowned for his high marking, he was used mainly as a follower and half back. He was a premiership player with Collingwood in 1903, after missing out on selection in the 1901 Grand Final

1901 VFL Grand Final

The 1901 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Lake Oval in Melbourne on 7 September 1901. It was the 4th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...

 despite playing every game that season and in the 1902 decider through injury. His son, Jack Monohan, Jr.

Jack Monohan, Jr.

Jack Monohan, Junior was an Australian rules footballer who played two seasons for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.-Collingwood:...

, played for Collingwood in the 1920s.

Umpiring career

Monohan became a VFL goal umpire

Umpire (Australian rules football)

An umpire is an official in the sport of Australian rules football.-Origins:Unlike many other codes of football, where the official is called a referee, in Australian Football, the officials borrow their title from the game of cricket, which is played on the same types of fields and was an...

in 1913. After umpiring 181 VFL senior matches and three Grand Finals, Monohan retired as an umpire in 1926.

See also

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