Jack Howard (rugby union)
Rugby player
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John Howard (20 March 1913 – 28 August 1979) was an Australian rugby union international.
| Full name | John Howard | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 March 1913 Nambour, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 1979 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Nambour, Howard is a descendent of Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick. He was previously erroneously reported by historians and officials to have been an Indigenous Australian.[1][2]
Howard was originally a Nambour rugby league player, before switching to rugby union in the mid-1930s.[2]
A winger, Howard played his first-grade rugby in Brisbane for Bretts-Windsor and Brothers. He was capped twice by the Wallabies in 1938, against the All Blacks for Bledisloe Cup matches in Sydney and Brisbane.[3] The Wallabies didn't play another Test match for eight years due to the war. He went back to Nambour in 1939 and returned to rugby league.[2]