Jack Coote
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
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John Joseph Coote (1907–1986) was a rugby league footballer who played in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). A junior of the Eastern Suburbs club, Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Immortal Ron Coote.
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| Full name | John Joseph Coote | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1907 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 November 1986 (aged 79) Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Ron Coote (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
A forward, Coote played in some of the great Easts' sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider. Coote also won two further premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1935 and 1937.[2]
Coote played five first grade seasons with Eastern Suburbs: 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936 and 1937. During the early 1930s, Coote was captain-coach of Condobolin, New South Wales and won premiership shield with them in 1931.[3] He retired at the end of the 1937 NSWRFL season.[4]
Death
Coote died in 1986.[5]
