Jack McDonald (rugby union)

Jack McDonald
Full nameJohn Charles McDonald
Date of birth(1914-09-14)14 September 1914
Place of birthToowoomba, QLD, Australia
Date of death2 September 1983(1983-09-02) (aged 68)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938 Australia 2 (0)

John Charles McDonald (14 September 1914 — 2 September 1983) was an Australian rugby union international.

A native of Toowoomba, McDonald attended Toowoomba Grammar School and played his rugby for Past Grammars. He gained two caps for the Wallabies as a loose forward in the home 1938 Bledisloe Cup series against the All Blacks and was also on the 1939–40 tour of Britain that had to be abandoned two days after they arrived due to the war.[1][2]

McDonald, a printer by profession, was the father of Australian rugby league international, Manly Warringah captain and Queensland coach John McDonald. His grandson, Geoff McDonald, became mayor of Toowoomba in 2023.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "John Charles "Cracker" McDonald". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. ^ "Busy R. Union Star". The Telegraph. 5 September 1945. p. 10 (Second Edition) – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "John 'Cracker' McDonald funeral: League legends say farewell to Toowoomba identity". The Toowoomba Chronicle. 29 September 2023.