Jack Malone (rugby union)
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| Full name | John Hawkes Malone | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 September 1912 Drummoyne, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 May 1947 (aged 34) Medlow Bath, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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John Hawkes Malone (18 September 1912 — 1 May 1947) was an Australian rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Malone was a prop, known as "Steak" on account of his large hands looking like T-bones. He attended St Joseph's College (Hunters Hill) and played his first-grade rugby for Sydney club Drummoyne.[1]
Malone gained four caps for the Wallabies, playing all three Tests on the 1936 tour of New Zealand, then a home Test against the Springboks the following year. He was also a member of the abandoned 1939–40 tour of Britain.[2]
A police constable, Malone was killed on duty in a road accident in 1947, while escorting a military convoy on the Great Western Highway. His motorcycle collided with a vehicle and he sustained fatal head injuries.[3]