Jack Malone (rugby union) explained

Jack Malone
Full Name:John Hawkes Malone
Birth Date:18 September 1912
Birth Place:Drummoyne, NSW, Australia
Death Place:Medlow Bath, NSW, Australia
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1936–37
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Hawkes Malone . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Internationals Not Keen . . 12 April 1940 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Constable Killed On Patrol Duty . . 2 May 1947 . 2 . National Library of Australia.