Ignatius John "Jack" O'Rourke (15 January 1899 – 13 May 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.674.
Family One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868-1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867-1933),Deaths: O'Rourke, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 November 1933), p.1. Ignatius John O'Rourke was born at Cororooke, Victoria on 15 January 1899.
His brother, Frank O'Rourke, played for Carlton and Fitzroy.
He married Beryl Josine Morden (1901-1996) in 1926. Both their sons, John Brian "Jack" O'Rourke (1928-2008) and Basil Joseph O'Rourke (1930-2017), played for Richmond in the VFL.
His brother-in-law, Jim Morden played for St Kilda, and another brother-in-law, Clem Morden, played for St Kilda and for Collingwood in the VFL.
Football Horsham (WDFA) He was granted a clearance to the Horsham Football Club in the Wimmera District Football Association in 1928.Wimmera Prospects: Permits Granted, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 3 May 1928), p.76.Wimmera League Football, 1928 — Horsham Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 22 September 1928), p.43.Horsham Player's Fine Record, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 21 June 1930), p.70.
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Jack O'Rourke at The VFA Project.