Jack Potts | |
Full Name: | John Maxwell Potts |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1936 |
Birth Place: | Tenterfield, NSW, Australia |
Height: | 182 cm |
Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 1957–59 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Maxwell Potts (21 February 1936 — 1 June 2023) was an Australian rugby union international.
Potts, a Waverley College product, played rugby for Sydney University while studying law and in 1956 was a member of the Australian Universities team that toured Japan.[1]
A tall centre who had a high striding gait, Potts was capped five times for the Wallabies, beginning with two Tests against the visiting All Blacks in 1957. He gained a further two caps on the 1957–58 tour of Britain, Ireland and France, then in 1959 played against the British Lions in Brisbane.[2]
Potts was the first-grade coach of Sydney University in 1975.[3]