| Jack Coote | |
| Fullname: | John Joseph Coote |
| Retired: | yes |
| Birth Date: | 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Australia |
| Death Place: | Australia |
| Year1start: | 1927 |
| Year1end: | 37 |
| Appearances1: | 41 |
| Tries1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 42 |
| Source: | [1] |
| Updated: | 4 May 2020 |
John Joseph Coote (1907–1986) was a rugby league footballer who played in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). A junior of the Eastern Suburbs club, Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer Ron Coote.
A forward, Coote played in some of the great Easts' sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider. Coote also won two further premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1935 and 1937.[2]
Coote played five first grade seasons with Eastern Suburbs: 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936 and 1937. During the early 1930s, Coote was captain-coach of Condobolin, New South Wales and won premiership shield with them in 1931.[3] He retired at the end of the 1937 NSWRFL season.[4]
Coote died in 1986.[5]