title: Jack Robertson (footballer, born 1889)
text: # Jack Robertson (footballer, born 1889)
  
  John Duncan Robertson (22 July 1889 – 20 July 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of John Robertson (1847-1918), and Catherine Robertson (1852-1914), née McNicol, John Duncan Robertson was born at Woolloongabba, Queensland on 22 July 1889.
  
  He married Rubina Isobel Tarrant (1890-1969) on 4 July 1918. They had a daughter, Jean Dorothy Robertson(1920-2019), later Mrs. John Francis Carolane.
  
  ## Football
  
  He came to the VFL from Port Melbourne Railway United. He started his league career as a wingman, before later playing as a centre. His play has been described as "flashy", on occasion he would hold onto the ball for too long. He made 60 senior appearances for Melbourne, from 1909 to 1913.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at Heidelberg, Victoria on 20 July 1975.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ "Jack Robertson - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  * ↑ Funeral Notices, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 February 1918), p.11.
  * ↑ Deaths: Robertson, The Argus, (Wednesday, 20 May 1914), p.1.
  * ↑ Births: Robertson, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 May 1920),p.13.
  * 1 2 3 Holmesby & Main (2007).
  * ↑ "Jack Robertson - Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  * ↑ Deaths: Robertson, The Age, (Tuesday, 22 July 1975), p.21.
  