Jack Potts Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John 'Jack' Maxwell Potts . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. Web site: Vale Jack Potts . www.sydneyunirugby.com.au . 5 June 2023.
  3. News: Gordon try to stop the 'rot' . . 22 April 1975.