Jack Shumack
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Full name | John Francis Shumack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St Peters, New South Wales, Australia | 15 April 1904|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 January 1974 Canberra, A.C.T., Australia | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker/Hudson |
Jack Shumack (1904–1974) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s
Jack Shumack came from Queanbeyan, New South Wales to join St. George for 1928. The following year was his last in Sydney when he turned out for the Newtown Blue Bags [1] before heading back to bush footy. He became captain coach of Cootamundra in 1930, Queanbeyan in 1931, Mittagong in 1932 and back to Queanbeyan in 1933 to see out his rugby league career. Shumack represented NSW City Seconds in 1929 and NSW Country Seconds in 1930.[2]
Jack Shumack died on 2 January 1974 in Canberra.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 6/3/1929 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245630677?searchTerm=%22jack%20schumack%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=192
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ Ancestry.com.au https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/161260614/person/182107733146/facts