Jack Coote

John Joseph Coote (1907-1986) was a rugby league player in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).

A junior of the Eastern Suburbs club, Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer Ron Coote.

A forward, Coote played in some of the great Easts' sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider.[1]

Jack Coote played 5 first grade seasons with the Sydney Roosters: 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936 and 1937. During the early 1930s, Jack Coote was captain-coach of Condobolin, New South Wales and won premiership shield with them in 1931.[2] He retired at the end of the 1937 NSWRFL season.

Jack Coote died in 1986.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  2. ↑ The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser: "Football" (Jack Coote reference) 25/06/1931
  3. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, Death Notice: John Joseph Coote, late of Bateau Bay. 26/11/1986


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