Jack Worrall

John Worrall (1861 to 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football Association, and a Test cricketer. He was also a prominent coach in both sports and a journalist. Regarded as one of Australia's great all-round sportspeople of the nineteenth century, he was involved in football and cricket at the elite level for many decades and is considered the father of Australian football coaching. He had a long career as a sporting journalist and was a respected member of the press box until his death, and his forthright manner embroiled him in several sporting controversies.