Jack Shooter Explained

Jack Shooter
Full Name:John Henry Shooter
Birth Date:25 March 1874
Birth Place:Nottingham, England
Death Place:Leeds, England
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1899–00
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

John Henry Shooter (25 March 1874 – 13 August 1922) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Nottingham, Shooter played with Yorkshire club Morley RFC and was a regular Yorkshire representative player from 1896 to 1900.[1] He gained four caps as a forward for England across the 1898–99 1899–90 seasons, before moving on to professional rugby with Hunslet in the Northern Rugby Football Union.[2] At Hunslet, Shooter was part of a group of forwards referred to as the "terrible six".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Death of Noted Rugby Player . . 15 August 1922.
  2. Web site: Jack Shooter (Rugby International) . www.morleyarchives.org.uk . 18 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Hunslet's Heritage – the men who saw in the 20th century . Hunslet RLFC . 26 August 2021.