Jack Shooter
England international rugby union & league player
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John Henry Shooter (25 March 1874 – 13 August 1922) was an English international rugby union player.
Full nameJohn Henry Shooter
Born25 March 1874
Nottingham, England
Died13 August 1922 (aged 48)
Leeds, England
Position
Forward
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| Born | 25 March 1874 Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1922 (aged 48) Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Nottingham, Shooter played with Yorkshire club Morley RFC and was a regular Yorkshire representative player from 1896 to 1900.[2] He gained four caps as a forward for England across the 1898–99 1899–90 seasons, before moving on to professional rugby with Hunslet in the Northern Rugby Football Union.[3] At Hunslet, Shooter was part of a group of forwards referred to as the "terrible six".[4]