Accolades
Jack Oatey is the only person in SANFL history to coach over 500 wins in league football. He coached Norwood to 147, West Adelaide to 52 and Sturt to 303 wins from 777 league games coached.
Oatey is a Life Member of the Norwood Football Club, was awarded Life Membership of the Sturt Football Club in 1971 and SANFL Life Membership in 1981.
In 1981 the SANFL inaugurated the Jack Oatey Medal to be awarded to the best player in the SANFL grand final, the first time an SANFL award was named for a still active coach.
In 1978 Jack Oatey was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the sport of Australian football.
Jack Oatey was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and in 2002 was one of 113 inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame
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