John Jewitt (rugby union)
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Full nameJohn Henry Jewitt
Born5 October 1878
Durham, England
Died8 June 1930 (aged 51)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Position
Forward
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| Born | 5 October 1878 Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 June 1930 (aged 51) Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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John Henry Jewitt (5 October 1878 – 8 June 1930) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
A forward from County Durham, Jewitt played for local side Hartlepool Rovers and was capped once for England, appearing against Wales at Blackheath in the 1902 Home Nations. He also had a stint with Swansea while in the city for work at the dry docks and in the 1902–03 season was signed by the Broughton Rangers.[2]
Jewitt moved to Canada in 1906 and rose up the ranks of the Vancouver Police Department to become chief inspector of their criminal investigations department in 1924.[3] He retired as a police officer in 1929 and joined a real estate firm.[4]