{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1907}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jack Beveridge | image = Jack Beveridge 1926-1934.png | fullname = John Robert Beveridge | birth_date = 8 May 1907 | birth_place = Collingwood, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|6|30|1907|5|8|df=yes}} | death_place = Moorabbin Hospital,<br>Bentleigh East, Victoria | height = 177 cm | weight = 77 kg | position = | statsend = 1936 | years1 = 1926–1934 | club1 = Collingwood | games_goals1 = 148 (44) | years2 = 1935–1936 | club2 = West Perth | games_goals2 = {{0}}31 (20) | careerhighlights = * Collingwood premiership side 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 * West Perth premiership side 1935 }}
'''John Robert Beveridge''' (8 May 1907 – 30 June 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who represented {{AFL Col}} 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)<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206850499 Deaths: Beveridge, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 6 March 1943), p.8.]</ref> 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)<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8wAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3010%2C6637926 Funeral Notices: Beveridge, ''The Age'', (Monday, 30 June 1986), p.19.]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243321708 Footballers Figure in Handball Surprise, ''The Herald'', (Monday, 26 March 1934), p.15.]</ref>
After leaving Collingwood he joined West Perth in the WANFL and helped them to win their second consecutive premiership.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38944672 |title=LEAGUE FOOTBALL. WEST PERTH'S PREMIERSHIP. |newspaper=Western Mail |volume=50 |issue=2,591 |location=Western Australia |date=17 October 1935 |accessdate=23 January 2018 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52163057 |title=Launceston's Splendid Win in State Football Premiership |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=XCVI |issue=176 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=4 October 1937 |accessdate=23 January 2018 |page=11 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1938, Beveridge was captain-coach of Horsham and led them to the Wimmera Football League premiership.<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - Horsham Beats Stawell to Gain Wimmera League Pennant |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73183795 |publisher=The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) |access-date=7 February 2026 |page=2 |date=27 September 1938}}</ref>
==Death== He died at the Moorabbin Hospital in Bentleigh East, Victoria on 30 June 1986.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ssnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1470%2C1570719 Deaths: Beveridge, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 3 July 1986), p.27.]</ref>
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==External links== * {{AFL Tables | J/Jack_Beveridge }} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=jack%2Bbeveridge/4472}} * {{cite web|url=http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Jack+Beveridge|title=Jack Beveridge|publisher=Boyles Football Photos|accessdate=4 July 2014}} * [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/jack-beveridge Jack Beveridge] at ''Collingwood Forever''. *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73183797/ 1938 - Wimmera FA Premiers: Horsham FC team photo]
{{1927–30 Collingwood premiership players}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beveridge, Jack}} Category:1907 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Category:Players of Australian handball Category:Collingwood Football Club players Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players Category:West Perth Football Club players Category:Launceston Football Club players Category:Launceston Football Club coaches Category:Horsham Football Club players Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:People from Collingwood, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1907-stub}}