| Jack Sewell | |
| Fullname: | John T. Sewell |
| Death Date: | 28 April 1955 (aged 29) |
| Death Place: | Staincliffe General Hospital, Dewsbury |
| Club1: | Dewsbury |
| Year1start: | ≤1949 |
| Year1end: | Nov 49 |
| Club2: | Batley |
| Year2start: | Nov 1949 |
| Year2end: | 51 |
John T. Sewell (– 28 April 1955) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Leeds City Boys ARLFC, Dewsbury and Batley, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1]
Sewell was transferred from Dewsbury to Batley in November 1949, he played his last match for Batley, against Widnes at Naughton Park, Widnes on Saturday 24 March 1951, he sustained a head injury in the first-half of this match, and complained of a headache at half-time, but completed the match, however on the return journey by motor coach he became unconscious, and later suffered paralysis down one-side of his body, and aphasia (Loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language), and was subsequently transferred from Staincliffe General Hospital (near his home on Willians Road (off Halifax Road), Dewsbury) to Leeds General Infirmary, 4-years later he subsequently died from complications arising from his injury.[2]