Jack Swayne | |
Full Name: | John Walter Rocke Swayne |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1906 |
Birth Place: | Mussoorie, British India |
Death Place: | Burnham-on-Sea, England |
School: | Bromsgrove School |
Position: | Forward |
Repyears1: | 1929 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Walter Rocke Swayne (27 May 1906 – 24 June 1987) was an English international rugby union player.
Swayne, the son of an Army officer, was born in Mussoorie, British India, and had a younger brother, Deneys, who was capped for England as a wing-forward.[1] He attended Bromsgrove School near Worcester.[2]
A forward, Swayne played for Somerset club Bridgwater and in 1929 gained his solitary England cap in a Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham.[3] He received a commission in the North Somerset Yeomanry in 1930.[4]