Jack Howard (rugby union)

Jack Howard
Full nameJohn Howard
Date of birth(1913-03-20)20 March 1913
Place of birthNambour, QLD, Australia
Date of death28 August 1979(1979-08-28) (aged 66)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938 Australia 2 (0)

John Howard (20 March 1913 — 28 August 1979) was an Australian rugby union international.

Born in Nambour, Howard is a descendent of Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick. He was previously erroneously reported by historians and officials to have been an Indigenous Australian.[1][2]

Howard was originally a Nambour rugby league player, before switching to rugby union in the mid-1930s.[2]

A winger, Howard played his first-grade rugby in Brisbane for Bretts-Windsor and Brothers. He was capped twice by the Wallabies in 1938, against the All Blacks for Bledisloe Cup matches in Sydney and Brisbane.[3] The Wallabies didn't play another Test match for eight years due to the war. He went back to Nambour in 1939 and returned to rugby league.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Growden, Greg (18 April 2019). "Good riddance to Super Rugby's silly team names". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ a b c "John "Jack" Howard". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ^ "All Blacks By 20 To 14". The Sun. 6 August 1938. p. 9 (Late Final Extra) – via National Library of Australia.