Jack P. "Chooka" Howell (born 16 March 1895, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

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. He is the father of Carlton Hall of Famer and premiership player Jack

Jack Howell (footballer)

Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :...

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Howell was a tireless ruckman who played his first game for South Melbourne in 1915.

The club didn't play in the following season due to the war but he returned to the club in 1917. The 1918 season was his finest, his final game in the VFL being that year's grand final win over Collingwood.

He then joined Footscray who were competing in the VFA. He played for Footscray from 1919 to 1924, moving to Prahran, as captain-coach, in 1925; he was replaced as coach before the end of the season.

Three generations of Grand Final players

He has the distinction of being a member of the only three-generation set of participants in a VFL/AFL Grand Final.

He played for South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

, against 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 1918 Grand Final.

His son, Jack E. "Chooka" Howell

Jack Howell (footballer)

Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :...

 played for Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

, against Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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

, in the 1947 Grand Final.

His grandson, Scott Howell

Scott Howell (footballer)

Scott Howell is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the early 1980s.Howell debuted for Carlton in the 1980 finals series and played in Carlton's premiership team the following season...

 played for Carlton, against Collingwood, in the 1981 VFL Grand Final

1981 VFL Grand Final

The 1981 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1981. It was the 85th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...

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