Jack Malone (rugby union)

Jack Malone
Full nameJohn Hawkes Malone
Date of birth(1912-09-18)18 September 1912
Place of birthDrummoyne, NSW, Australia
Date of death1 May 1947(1947-05-01) (aged 34)
Place of deathMedlow Bath, NSW, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1936–37 Australia 4 (0)

John Hawkes Malone (18 September 1912 — 1 May 1947) was an Australian rugby union international.

Born in Sydney, Malone was a prop, known as "Steak" on account of his large hands looking like T-bones. He attended St Joseph's College (Hunters Hill) and played his first-grade rugby for Sydney club Drummoyne.[1]

Malone gained four caps for the Wallabies, playing all three Tests on the 1936 tour of New Zealand, then a home Test against the Springboks the following year. He was also a member of the abandoned 1939–40 tour of Britain.[2]

A police constable, Malone was killed on duty in a road accident in 1947, while escorting a military convoy on the Great Western Highway. His motorcycle collided with a vehicle and he sustained fatal head injuries.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "John Hawkes Malone". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. ^ "Internationals Not Keen". Daily News. 12 April 1940. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Constable Killed On Patrol Duty". The Canberra Times. 2 May 1947. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.