Jack Drake (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJack Drake (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1904
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1941
Profession: Australian rules footballer
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Jack Drake (footballer)
- John Montague "Jack" Drake (15 March 1904 – 23 April 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League.Drake was born in Perth to Frederick David Drake and Mary Elizabeth Falvey on 15 March 1904 and moved to Melbourne before he reached school age.
- Educated at Xavier College, he joined Hawthorn during the 1926 VFL season.
- Drake scored a goal on debut against Fitzroy but was also injured and missed the next six weeks.
- He played two more games at the end of the season but failed to make the senior squad for the 1927 season.Jack Drake was killed during World War II on 23 April 1941 aged 37 while defending a bridge at the Bralos Pass, Thermopylae, Greece against German artillery.
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