Name Jack Coote Role Rugby player | Children Ron 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.
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. He retired at the end of the 1937 NSWRFL season.
Jack Coote died in 1986.
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