Jack McRae | |
Full Name: | John Alexander McRae |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1914 |
Birth Place: | Springhills, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Weight: | 87 kg |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1946 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Alexander McRae (29 April 1914 — 24 February 1977) was a New Zealand rugby union international.
Born in Springhills, Southland, McRae was a hooker and played his rugby for Invercargill club Marist.[1] [2]
McRae gained two All Blacks caps in 1946, as a 32-year old against the touring Wallabies. He replaced an ill Harry Frazer at halftime in the 1st Test at Carisbrook and started as hooker in the 2nd Test at Eden Park.[2]
One of McRae's sons, Ken, was a Southland hooker who played for the Junior All Blacks.[3]