Jack Gray-Spence
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
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| Full name | John Alfred Gray-Spence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 February 1910 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 May 1992 (aged 82) Coogee, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Alfred Gray-Spence (9 February 1910 – 5 May 1992) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player from the 1930s and 1940s.
Jack Grey-Spence was a brilliant winger for the Sydney University rugby league team.[2] He played two seasons with them in 1933–1934, and Gray-Spence was the NSWRFL top try scorer in 1933. He moved to St George Dragons in 1935 before retiring from rugby league.
Gray-Spence, like his brother Jim, retained his amateur status while playing rugby league. They both successfully applied to be reinstated to play rugby union in 1936.[3] They played for Randwick in 1936, and became residentially qualified for St George in 1937.[4] He also represented New South Wales in Rugby.[citation needed]
Jack Grey-Spence died on 5 May 1992, aged 82.[5]
