Jack Metcalf (rugby league)
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Full name | John Metcalf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia | 16 May 1919|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 November 2007 Kincumber, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 88)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 August 2019 |
John Metcalf (1919-2007) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]
Metcalf was a local rugby league footballer from Cessnock, New South Wales. He enlisted into the Australian Army in 1942[3] and was initially sent to Arncliffe in Sydney, and trialled with St. George in 1943.
He played two seasons with the Saints before transferring to Balmain in 1945. He played with both clubs while juggling duties with the AIF. He retired after receiving a badly broken leg in game late in the 1946 season, which ruled him out of the Balmain premiership winning team of 1946.[4]
Melcalf died on 6 November 2007.[5]
References
- ^ "Jack Metcalf - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roff AIF "John Metcalf" http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=253296
- ^ THE SUN (Sydney) 5/8/1946 "Forwards Two Fractures" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231573209?searchTerm=%22jack%20metcalf%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1946
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 9/11/2007
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